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10Jul.
2016

[Legal Life] Ch6 I don't want to be famous. Can I refuse to hold a press conference or participate in an on-site reenactment?

Author / Li Jün-hsun, Plain Law Movement; Reviewer / Wang Lung-kuan, Attorney-at-Law

A few days later, Chieh-yun was determined to expose this outrageous hit-and-run so that the perpetrator would not…

08Jul.
2016

China Human Rights Lawyers Group: One-Year Anniversary of the Shattered Dream of the Rule of Law

China Human Rights Lawyers Group

Starting from the early morning of July 9 last year when Chinese police illegally detained Wang Yu's family, the…

03Jul.
2016

【Legal Life】Ch5 "If you haven't lied, why fear a lie detector test?" Is it really that simple?

Author: Liu Li-keng (Law Deliveredly); Editor: Wang Lung-kuan, Attorney-at-Law

Although Chieh-yun gave detailed and consistent witness testimony, Chun-ming repeatedly insisted during interrogation…

30Jun.
2016

The Most Literary Afternoon at JRF: An Interview with Artist Shih Ping-hsi

Text by Chan Szu-min

We scheduled to meet with Professor Shih Ping-hsi on a certain May afternoon. When he pushed open the door to JRF and…

29Jun.
2016

Judicial Reform Involving Non-Lawyers is Quite Different

Huang Ying-chia / Staff Attorney, Judicial Reform Foundation

When discussing judicial reform, legal professionals have traditionally believed it to be a specialized domain that…

26Jun.
2016

[Legal Life] Ch4 Prosecutor, Do You Just Detain Whoever You Say?

Author: Lung Chien-yu (Legal Easy Reading); Reviewer: Wang Lung-k'uan (Attorney)

After enduring a series of interrogations by the prosecutor in the investigative division, Ch'en Chun-ming was deemed…

19Jun.
2016

【Legal Life】Ch3 What do the police want to take from me? Can I say no?

Author / Liu Li-Keng (Legal Blueprint); Reviewer / Wang Lung-Kuan, Attorney-at-Law

"Tick, tock..." Time slipped away second by second. Chün-Ming's lawyer finally rushed to the police station. After…

12Jun.
2016

[Legal Life] Ch2: Summoned by the Police, What Should You Do?

Author / Lung Chien-yu, Plain Law Movement; Editor / Wang Lung-kuan, Esq.

On a dark and stormy night, Chün-ming arrived at the police station in response to a notice, and the officers led him…

07Jun.
2016

Who is Singing the Prison's Elegy Alone──On Solitary Confinement in Prisons

Huang Ying-chia / Lawyer, Judicial Reform Foundation

Recently, a prison guard made public to the media an alleged incident of prisoner abuse within a facility in an attempt…