Commentary

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05Mar.
2015

Prison Administration Reform: What Should the Ministry of Justice Do?

Chiang Nien-tsu / Assistant Professor, Master's Program in Non-Profit Management, Nanhua University

According to the Prison Act, the three main areas of sentence execution are moral instruction, prison labor, and…

05Mar.
2015

Perhaps We Should All Learn Humility in the Face of Truth: Post-Script on Court Observation of the Hsuch'en Case

Lin Yü-ts'ang / Executive Secretary, Judicial Reform Foundation

Before attending court hearings as an observer, my imagination of witness examination came mostly from movies. Films…

26Feb.
2015

Germany Also Has Straw Account Cases

Hsu Wei-chun (Associate Professor, Department of Financial and Economic Law, Chung Yuan Christian University; Standing Executive Committee Member, Judicial Reform Foundation)

Germany also encounters straw account cases, specifically those involving individuals providing account passwords to…

26Feb.
2015

How to Write a Prison On Fire Script?

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

The Kaohsiung Daliao Prison hostage incident is just like the movie "Prison On Fire." Because prisons are indeed…

21Feb.
2015

Judicial Collective Karma: Bearing It Together in 2015

Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

As the New Year approaches, one wants to offer encouraging words and do constructive deeds. Back in the countryside, my…

15Feb.
2015

2014 Financial Report

Judicial Reform Foundation

Hello! Thank you for your support of the Judicial Reform Foundation. Because of your contribution, we are able to…

09Feb.
2015

The Language Game of Framing: The Strawman Account Case

Hsu Wei-chun / Associate Professor, Department of Financial and Economic Law, College of Law, Chung Yuan Christian University

A student posted an excerpt from a summary of a criminal investigator's interrogation transcript and a court ruling in…

09Feb.
2015

A Judicial Yuan That Protects Corporations and Judges?

Ch'en Chien-jung / Judge, Taoyuan District Court

The rationale for the amendment argued that court recording contents are not limited to the recording data of the…

05Feb.
2015

China Human Rights Lawyers Group: Selection of the Top Ten Human Rights and Rule of Law Cases in China for 2014

China Human Rights Lawyers Group, Lawyer Ching-Shih (Excerpted)

The China Human Rights Lawyers Group selected the top ten human rights and rule of law cases of 2014, with commentary…