Commentary

1235 articles
23Mar.
2017

Chatting with Rainie Yang About the Ambiguity of Police Stop-and-Searches

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

The ambiguity of police stop-and-searches primarily stems from the four words: "reasonable suspicion." This is a…

22Mar.
2017

Unity of Prosecutors, Circling the Wagons in Self-Defense?!

Chiang Jung-hsiang (Practicing Attorney, Executive Committee Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation)

"Unity of prosecutors" refers to the internal administrative hierarchy within the prosecutorial system, where superiors…

22Mar.
2017

A Small Step for Police Name Tags, a Crucial Step for Sustaining Democracy

Hsu Jen-shuo / Ph.D. student, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University, Japan

Three years after the Sunflower Student Movement, lingering questions extend beyond the oversight bill. On the night of…

21Mar.
2017

Word Count Statistics for Speeches in Group 3 of the National Youth Conference on Judicial Reform

Judicial Reform Foundation

Based on the official meeting transcripts released, this analysis calculates the word count of each member's speeches.…

18Mar.
2017

3rd Anniversary of the Anti-Black-Box CSSTA Movement – Litigation Progress Tracking Report

Judicial Reform Foundation

Upon its establishment, the Pro Bono Lawyers Platform pledged to see all related litigation through to the end. Over…

17Mar.
2017

Op-Ed | Budget-Friendly Judicial Reform: Follow Germany's Lead!

Yu Po-hsiang (Standing Executive Committee Member, Judicial Reform Foundation; Attorney-at-Law)

The widespread phenomenon of "frivolous lawsuits" not only frustrates defendants but also overburdens prosecutors,…

16Mar.
2017

Judicial Vision—Starting from the Enforcement of the Principle of Non-Public Investigation

Lin Chih-chung / Attorney, Standing Executive Committee Member of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights / JRF

The recent extensive media coverage of the murder case involving a freelance model surnamed Ch'en has sparked…

16Mar.
2017

Brief Notes: Second Meeting of the First Working Group of the Presidential Office's National Judicial Reform Conference

Judicial Reform Foundation

This meeting lasted for three and a half hours, focusing on the discussion of "whether to establish a national-level…

14Mar.
2017

Meeting Cheat Sheet for March 14: Overview of Proposals on "Judicial Science, Forensic Mechanisms, and Expert Witnesses"

Judicial Reform Foundation

Preliminary overview of various proposals regarding 4-1-1: "Integrate scientific forensic mechanisms such as forensic…