Commentary

1235 articles
23Sep.
2000

Advancing Justice: A Policy Proposal for the Comprehensive Reform of Taiwan's Forensic Science System

Police Law Drafting Group

A comprehensive review of Taiwan’s police administration reveals considerable room for structural improvement,…

23Sep.
2000

White Paper on Police Administration Reform

Police Law Drafting Group

As front-line law enforcement officers, police are also at the very upstream of judicial reform. In recent years,…

17May.
2000

Issues Analysis of the Ch'en Tzu-ch'iang Case

Attorneys Ch'en Chien-hung

15Aug.
1999

What is Mandatory Defense During Investigation

Chan Wen-kai / Attorney-at-Law

According to Article 31, Paragraph 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, for offenses carrying a minimum sentence of…

15Aug.
1999

On the Origin of Deliberating the Codification of the Principle of Indictment Upon a Single Document and Its Complementary Systems, Together with the Necessity and Explanatory Notes of Proposed Provisions for Incorporating Fundamental Criminal Human Rights into the Constitution

Lin Ming-te

Our country's current Code of Criminal Procedure was promulgated on January 1, 1935, and entered into effect on July 1…

14Aug.
1999

The Significance of Incorporating Fundamental Criminal Rights into the Constitution

Kuo Li-hsiung, Attorney-at-Law

In Taiwan, I am uncertain whether the belief that "freedom and human rights are indispensable values in human society"…

15Jun.
1999

What If He Were Wu Tse-yuan!—Public Mobilization for Judicial Reform "Voice of the People Series"

Lin Yung-sung / Attorney

Recently, the Non-Partisan Solidarity Caucus in the Legislative Yuan nominated Legislator Wu Tse-yuan to attend the…

15Jun.
1999

Drinking Culture and Judicial Reform—Mobilizing the Public for Judicial Reform (Voice of the People Series)

Wang Shih-ssu / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

Lately, as someone who cares about judicial reform, my feelings have been quite conflicted. On one hand, I am thrilled…

15Jun.
1999

Examining the Problem of Judicial Secondary Victimization in Sexual Assault Cases—Mobilizing the Public to Reform the Judiciary ("Public Voice Series")

Lai Fang-yü / Attorney at Law

While many women's groups celebrated the legislative amendments on this issue, the author, when acting as counsel for…