Event Sidelights & Records

06May.
2025

Seminar Sidelights｜When the Judiciary Encounters Politics – Session 1: The Unconstitutionality Review Procedure with the Constitutional Court Procedure Act as the Object of Review

K'ung Hsiang-ling / Attorney-at-Law

The theme of the first session of this seminar was "Unconstitutionality Disputes Regarding Amended Provisions of the…

08Apr.
2025

Sidelights | Seminar on "Speaking Up for Disobedience: Accompanying Defense in Social Movements and Civil Disobedience"

Chen Ting-ju / JRF Intern, Department of Law, Soochow University

Living in a democratic and free country, protests and social movements have always been ways for the public to express…

22Mar.
2025

Academic Symposium | When the Judiciary Meets Politics: Unconstitutionality Controversies and Institutional Prospects of the Amendments to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act

Judicial Reform Foundation

The amended provisions of the Constitutional Court Procedure Act officially took effect on January 25, 2025. Because…

24Feb.
2025

Seminar Sidelights | Four Years of the Judges Act Amendments: Lecture 1 of the Pluralistic Judicial Accountability Series

Attorney Lin Szu-yu

The Judicial Reform Foundation has long been concerned with the oversight of incompetent judicial officers. To foster…

24Feb.
2025

Seminar Records | [4th Anniversary of the Judges Act Amendments: Pluralistic Judicial Accountability] Series Seminar 1

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Judicial Reform Foundation has long been concerned with the monitoring of incompetent judicial officers. To foster…

17Feb.
2025

Sidelights | 2025 Taipei International Book Exhibition: From Professor to Prisoner?! Reflections Behind the Wang Lung-ch'ang Case

P'eng Shih-han / Department of Law, Ming Chuan University, JRF Intern

He is Wang Lung-ch'ang, formerly a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at National Taipei University of…

12Feb.
2025

Sidelights | 2025 Taipei International Book Exhibition: Su Chien-ho on Judicial Human Rights and Myself

Chang Hsin-jung / Department of Law, National Cheng Kung University & JRF Intern

Su Chien-ho was imprisoned in 1991 at the age of 19 due to a criminal case. He was sentenced to death with finality in…

04Dec.
2024

Sidelights｜Grand Justices Serving the DPP? Are You Sure?

Lin Kuan-yu, Wu Hsien-ju / Department of Law, Chinese Culture University & JRF Interns

Moderator and Researcher Lin Cheng-ching first briefly reviewed the controversy surrounding the draft amendments to the…

02Dec.
2024

Sidelights | Are Grand Justices Detached from Reality? How Are Constitutional Litigation and Human Rights Protection Possible?

Yang Pei-chen, Yu Min-an, Tsai Wan-i / Department of Law, Chinese Culture University & JRF Interns

In the public imagination, the Constitution often seems very far removed from our daily lives, and "Grand Justices"…

19Sep.
2024

Sidelights | What Makes Rebuilding Life After Release So Difficult? A Preliminary Exploration of Taiwan's Aftercare Protection Mechanism

New York State Attorney Pro Bono Intern

Taiwan enacted the Aftercare Act in 2010 with the aim of protecting released prisoners and other eligible persons,…

19Sep.
2024

Sidelights | From Death Row to Acquittal and Exoneration: Reintegrating into Society

Text by Chiang Ping-chou / Department of Political Science, Soochow University; Photography by Cheng Wei-yin / Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University

A Lifelong Practice | The third lecture in the Wrongful Conviction Series was held at the Taiwan Innocent Prisoners'…

10Sep.
2024

Sidelights | The Screenwriter's Journey for the TV Series Innocence: Bringing Wrongful Conviction Issues to the Screen

Hung Tzu-ya / Department of Social Work, Tunghai University & JRF Intern

Can you imagine being forced to stay in prison for 16 consecutive years, with 4 of those years confined to a room…