Commentary

2017
Brief Notes: First Additional Meeting of the First Division of the Presidential Office's National Consultative Conference on Judicial Reform
Lasting four hours, this meeting discussed whether to establish a national-level forensic science committee, a unified…
2017
Where Exactly Are Monsters Bred? A Response to Judge Wang Tzu-jung
On April 8, 2017, Judge Wang Tzu-jung of the Yunlin District Court published an article in the Apple Daily Forum titled…
2017
Is Someone Like Him a Good Judge?
Recently, Judge Wang Tzu-jung published an op-ed stating, "If this isn't abusive evaluation, what is!" citing the…

2017
Proposals for Reforming the Individual Evaluation System
More than five years have passed since the implementation of the individual evaluation system for judges and…
2017
Op-Ed: Enacting a Public Prosecutors Office Act to Safeguard Prosecutorial Independence
Since the inception of the National Conference on Judicial Reform, the debate over whether prosecutors are…
2017
Notes and Commentary: The 3rd Meeting of Division 5, Office of the President's National Consultative Conference on Judicial Reform
This meeting lasted approximately four and a half hours, adopting numerous resolutions on topics including "Review of…

2017
Commentary | Be Pragmatic Even When Pursuing the Dream Lover of the Jury System
The author's argument at the public hearing has only one core point: I am neither endorsing the jury system nor…

2017
Decriminalization of Minor Offenses as a Method for Judicial Reduction: Defamation, Adultery, and Negligent Injury
Recently, Group 5 of the National Conference on Judicial Reform resolved that the offense of defamation should be…

2017
Op-Ed | Lack of Transparency in Judges Evaluation Impairs Public Trust
Five years have passed since the enactment of the Judges Act, which established the evaluation systems for judges and…
