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The Judicial Yuan (Chinese: 司法院; pinyin: Sīfǎ Yuàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Su-hoat Īⁿ) is the judicial branch of the Republic of China. [1] [2] It functions as the Constitutional Court and oversees the courts of Taiwan, including the ordinary courts such as the Supreme Court, high courts, and district courts as well as special courts like administrative, and disciplinary courts.
This is a list of presidents of the Judicial Yuan of the Republic of China. [1] This position is also called the chief justice since the 4th constitutional amendment in 1997, which mandated that the position holder shall also be a justice in the Constitutional Court. [2]
In 2015, China began publishing all court decisions in civil and criminal cases across all tiers of the judiciary. [5]: 125 This database, the China Judgment Online database, is the world's largest collection of judicial decisions.
Hsu was inaugurated as the President of the Judicial Yuan on 1 November 2016 in a ceremony attended by Vice President Chen Chien-jen. Hsu appointed Lu Tai-lang (Chinese: 呂太郎) the secretary-general of the Judicial Yuan and Chou Chan-chun (Chinese: 周占春) as the head of the Judges Academy . [14]
The president has authority over the five administrative branches (Yuan): the Control, Examination, Executive, Judicial, and Legislative Yuans. The president appoints the members of the Executive Yuan as the cabinet, including a premier, who is officially the president of the Executive Yuan; members are responsible for policy and administration.
After World War II, Japan gave up its sovereignty on Taiwan, and the Supreme Court in the Republic of China government became the highest court of Taiwan's judicial system. The Supreme Court of the Republic of China was originally established as the Ta Li Yuan [1] (Chinese: 大理院; pinyin: Dàlǐ Yuàn) in 1909.
Ju Zheng (Wade–Giles: Chü 1 Cheng 4; November 8, 1876 – November 23, 1951) né Ju Zhijun (居之骏), was a Chinese politician who was a leader in the Chinese Nationalist Party, or KMT, in the 1930s and 1940s. As president of the Judicial Yuan, he administered China's court system from 1932 to 1948. [1]
Xie Shouchang (Chinese: 謝壽昌; 19 November 1897 – 22 December 1971) known by his courtesy name Xie Guansheng (謝冠生) was a Chinese jurist who served as Minister of Justice from 1937 to 1948. After the government of the Republic of China moved to Taiwan, Xie was President of the Judicial Yuan from 1958 to 1971.