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1235 articles
03Oct.
2016

【Legal Life】Ch18 Some Things Just Shouldn't Be Said

Author / Ts'ai Meng-han (Plain Legal Movement); Reviewer / Wang Lung-kuan, Attorney-Attorney-at-Law

What is discrimination? What does the law provide? The most common colloquial definition of "discrimination" is…

26Sep.
2016

[Legal Life]Ch17 My Exploitative Boss Is Firing Me!

Author / Liao Po-Wei (OLL Taiwan); Reviewer / Wang Lung-Kuan, Attorney-at-Law

Yu-Ling was injured at work and discovered, when applying for occupational-accident benefits, that her employer had…

19Sep.
2016

【Legal Life】Ch16 “Come on miss, a little flirting won’t hurt!” — When facing sexual harassment, do I just have to put up with it?

Author / Li Chün-hsün, Plain Law Movement; Reviewed by / Wang Lung-k’uan, Attorney

During a job interview Yu-ling was constantly leered at by the boss, who even asked whether she’d like to become his…

12Sep.
2016

Judicial Reform Grounded in Dialogue Based on "Sympathetic Understanding"

Kao Jung-chih, Attorney-at-Law, Executive Director of the Judicial Reform Foundation

Media reporters are on the front lines of society reporting on issues related to the law that they witness firsthand.…

11Sep.
2016

[Legal Life] Ch15 Chicken Essence Turned Clam Essence: What Should We Pay Attention to in Online Shopping?

Author / Liu Shih-Yu (Plain Law Movement); Reviewer / Wang Lung-Kuan, Attorney-at-Law

Filled with a sense of justice, Chieh-Yun immediately resolved to visit the old gentleman and pay her respects to the…

04Sep.
2016

【Legal Life】Ch14 Can the Police Enter a Home for Inspection and Search?

Author: Wang Ting-yü (Lawacg); Reviewer: Wang Lung-kuan (Attorney)

Because the local police officer felt something was amiss after the previous inspection—wondering why someone would…

28Aug.
2016

[Legal Life] Ch13 If You Haven't Done Anything Wrong, Why Can't You Be Subjected to a Police Inspection?

Author / Wang Ting-yü (Law(s) Plainly Spoken); Reviewer / Wang Lung-kuan, Attorney-at-Law

Chun-ming's vehicular misfortune saga reaches Episode 13. With his inner frustration reaching its absolute limit, he…

21Aug.
2016

【Legal Life】Ch12 Summary Judgment vs. Right to Confront and Cross-Examine Witnesses

Author / LIAO PO-WEI (Legal Simple Chinese); Editor / WANG LUNG-KUAN, Attorney-at-Law

To end this nightmare as soon as possible, at the end of Episode 9, Chün-ming decided to confess in exchange for the…

18Aug.
2016

Judicial Reform Amidst the Wave of Openness

Huang Ying-chia, Staff Attorney, JRF

The biggest difference between the meetings held during the citizen-led judicial reform movement and past judicial…