Commentary

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29Dec.
2016

How Much Luck Does It Take to Exonerate a Wrongful Conviction?

Hu Chün-hung / Junior, Department of Law, National Cheng Kung University

The first time I saw Hsu Tzu-chiang in person was in early March 2015 at Café Philo in Taipei. I still remember how…

29Dec.
2016

Reflections on the Hsu Case Forum: Why Do So Many People Refuse to Trust the Judiciary?

Ch'en Hou-jen / Institute of Law, National Cheng Kung University

"Wrongful conviction" is certainly a major factor contributing to the decline in public trust in the judiciary. Aside…

25Dec.
2016

[Legal Life] Ch30 How Do I Find a Lawyer, and What Makes a Lawyer Good for Me?

Author: Liu Luo-I (Plain Law Movement); Reviewer: Attorney Wang Lung-K'uan

How do I go about finding a lawyer? And what does a lawyer have to do to be considered a good lawyer? We can find…

18Dec.
2016

【Legal Life】Ch29 At the End of a Marriage: How to Part Ways Without Owning Each Other Anything

Author / Huang Li-ching, Legal Easy; Editor / Wang Lung-kuan, Attorney-Attorney-at-Law

Jui-chu eventually decided to get a divorce. She figured that at this point in their marriage, bickering over who was…

11Dec.
2016

[Legal Life] Ch28 Getting Married Is Easy, Getting Divorced Is Hard: Can a Marriage Be Dissolved Just Like That?

Author: Huang Li-ching, Plain Law Movement; Reviewer: Wang Lung-kuan, Attorney-at-Law

Remember our good friend(?) Chün-ming? Ever since he bumped into Chieh-yün in EP1 and got sued, his emotional state has…

04Dec.
2016

【Legal Life】Ch27 Breaking Up: Is Parting Without Saying Goodbye the Most Beautiful Way?

Author: Liu Chih-hsuan, Liu Keng-fu (Plain Law Movement); Editor: Wang Lung-kuan (Attorney)

Torn between dreams and financial stability, Ming-chieh compromised with reality and obediently became an operator at a…

27Nov.
2016

【Legal Life】Ch26 Labor Standards Act? Not Your Turn Yet!

Author / Chih-Hsuan Liu, Keng-Fu Liu (Citizen Congress Watch / Legal Easy); Reviewer / Lung-Kuan Wang, Attorney-at-Law

Because the contract stated that the Labor Standards Act did not apply, Yü-ling assumed these techies spent all day…

24Nov.
2016

[Tone-Switching Lecture] You Are a Human Being First, and a Attorney Second: Attorney Lo Wan-ting

Judicial Reform Foundation

Attorney Lo Wan-ting began by sharing her experience of finding a law firm. Unlike most lawyers who look for openings…

24Nov.
2016

[Tone-Switch Lecture] How to Prepare to Be a Lawyer? — Attorney Li Wei-chung

Judicial Reform Foundation

Attorney Li Wei-chung recalled that during his pre-practice lawyer training, he was still full of doubts about how to…