IntroductionAuthoritarian History & legal implications 1987: end of martial law1996: first democratic presidential electionshooligan law (liumang) abolished 2008related academic paper for those interested: How Taiwan’s Constitutional Court Reined in Police Power: Lessons for the People’s Republic of ChinaDecember 2017 – Transitional Justice Act passed by the Taiwanese parliamentGreen Islandgovernment incorporated parts of international human rights law into Taiwanese law (2009)Taiwanese calendar: 2018 == 107Status Quo & Reforms discussion: how to involve lay people (non-professionals) in the legal systemJapanese system of mixing professional judges and lay judgesTaiwanese parliament wrote draft law based on the Japanese systemPenghuInternational judicial influences Judicial system under martial law Ex-Leader of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian, Gets Life Sentence (NYT)Recommendations Judiciary LINE account: @judicial_yuan (in Chinese)New Bloom Magazine (in English)FOW027 with Brian HioePhoto: Presidential Palace in Taipei, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Cheng-Fu Lu