Commentary

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28Mar.
2017

Speech Word Count Statistics for Division 2 of the National Chio-Kuo Conference on Judicial Reform

Judicial Reform Foundation

Based on the official verbatim transcripts of the meeting, this analysis calculates the word count of each committee…

28Mar.
2017

Speech Word Count Statistics for Division 4 of the National Official Conference on Judicial Reform

Judicial Reform Foundation

Statistics based on the official transcripts of meeting speeches, calculating the word count of each member's remarks.…

27Mar.
2017

Medical Records Provided by Imprisonment—Medical Care for Inmates

Interviewed by Huang Lin-Yuan (Standing Supervisor, Taiwan Grassroots Nurses Union); Compiled by Hu Pei-Yung (Department of Political Science, National Chengchi University); Revised by Lin Wei-Ting (Project Researcher, Judicial Reform Foundation)

We know too little about inmates, yet judge them too soon. A person enters prison only after committing a crime and…

27Mar.
2017

Taiwan's Recidivism Rates and Prison Rehabilitation Efficacy: A Preliminary Inquiry

Chung Hung-pin / Doctoral student, Faculty of Law, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

Changes in the rates of recidivism and habitual offending among prison inmates can be attributed to various potential…

27Mar.
2017

Brief Notes: Third Meeting of Group 3 of the Presidential Office's Judicial Reform National Consultation Conference

Liao Ch'ang-chün / Graduate Institute of Law, National Chengchi University & JRF Intern

Article 5 of the current Judges Act already provides for the diversified recruitment of scholars and attorneys, but…

25Mar.
2017

Judicial Review of Court Decisions, Here It Comes!

Wang Ting-yü (Adjunct Lecturer and Ph.D. Student, Department of Law, Soochow University)

Recently, the National Congress on Judicial Reform has been in full swing. Beyond becoming a primary battleground for…

24Mar.
2017

Review and Notes: The Third Meeting of the Second Division of the Presidential Office's National Judicial Reform Conference

Ho Yu-lun / Legal Policy Researcher, Judicial Reform Foundation

The third meeting of Division 2 of the National Judicial Reform Conference was held on March 20 to primarily discuss…

24Mar.
2017

Review: The Second Meeting of the Fifth Division of the "Presidential Office's National Judicial Reform Conference"

Eileen / Volunteer

Prison administration reform cannot be separated from "education"; only with successful education can reform be…

23Mar.
2017

Observations on the Individual Evaluation System under the Judges Act: A Report for the National Congress on Judicial Reform

Judicial Reform Foundation

On June 14, 2011, the Legislative Yuan passed the Judges Act on its third reading. The institutionalization of the…