Newsletter
2021
Freedom Dreams, Then and Now | Hong Kong and Taiwan's Occupation Movements and Freedom of Assembly
A Hongkonger studying in Taiwan reflects on political awakening, the Umbrella Movement and 2019 Hong Kong protests,…
2021
From the Street to the Courtroom | Occupation Movements and Freedom of Expression: Seminar Record on Civil Disobedience and the Right of Resistance
Following the Supreme Court's judgment in the March 23 Executive Yuan occupation case, scholars and practitioners…
2021
Entering the Bathhouse: Behind the Minor-Offense Parole Revocation Project
Using Spirited Away's bathhouse as a metaphor, this retrospective reconstructs JRF's year-long effort to assist 73…
2021
Receiving the River Spirit's Dumpling: After Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 796
After Interpretation No. 796 led to the release of people whose parole had been revoked for minor offenses, JRF met…
2021
A Reference Point for Reform: The Light and Shadow of the Minor-Offense Parole Revocation Project
This retrospective traces the litigation, constitutional-review, legislative, organizational, and public-advocacy…
2020
Watching the Judicial Reform Foundation Grow: An Interview with Attorney John C. Chen
On JRF's 25th anniversary, we sat down with Attorney John C. Chen, a former judge, co-founder of Formosa Transnational…
2020
Joining JRF in an Era of Expansion: An Interview with Attorney Huang Ying-Chia
Huang Ying-Chia served from 2016 to 2019 as JRF's first full-time staff attorney. Her work on legislation, judicial…
2020
Looking Toward the Future: Children in the Spaces of Judicial Reform
Children often appear at JRF meetings and events because their parents devote evenings and weekends to judicial-reform…
2020
Growing Up with JRF: An Interview with Attorney Chiao Cheng-Hsiang
Attorney Chiao Cheng-Hsiang first joined JRF as a university intern, later worked in the Complaint Center, and…
