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Taiwan’s Judicial Office Building, which houses the Constitutional Court that will hear arguments on the constitutionality of a package of controversial amendments passed by the legislature ...
The Constitutional Court held a preparatory hearing on July 10. [16] The Court later issued a temporary injunction on July 19. A constitutionality hearing was held on August 6. [17] On October 25, the Constitutional Court annulled the "Contempt of the Legislature" Act and new legislative powers to investigate government officials, preventing ...
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.
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is governed in a framework of a representative democratic republic under a five-power system first envisioned by Sun Yat-sen in 1906, whereby under the constitutional amendments, the President is head of state and the Premier (President of the Executive Yuan) is head of government, and of a multi-party system.
Beijing has offered Taiwan a "one country, two systems" model similar to Hong Kong, which promised the city a high degree of autonomy, though no major political party in Taiwan supports that.
Lay judges are barred from hearing court cases involving minors or drug charges. [26] To serve as a lay judge, one must be a citizen of the Republic of China , be at least 23 years old, have completed a high school education or equivalent, and have lived within the jurisdiction of the district court for four months. [ 26 ]
Taiwan's government says the Republic of China is a sovereign state and that Beijing has no right to speak for or represent it given the People's Republic of China has no say in how it chooses its ...
The Supreme Court of Taiwan (Chinese: 中華民國最高法院; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Zuìgāo Fǎyuàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-hôa Bîn-kok Chòe-ko Hoat-īⁿ) (also known as the Supreme Court of the Republic of China) is the court of last resort in Taiwan, except matters regarding interpretation of the Constitution and unifying the interpretation of laws and orders which are decided by ...