Date: 26Mar 2019

SYNOPSIS:

HKU Law at 50 Distinguished Lecture Series:

The Modernization of the Judiciary in Taiwan (台灣司法之現代化)
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Question and Answer 答問部分

翁岳生教授,台灣司法院前院長,香港大學法律學院鄭陳蘭如基金傑出訪問學人
Professor Weng Yueh-sheng, Former Chief Justice, Taiwan, Cheng Chan Lan Yue Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

Since the Republic of China was founded, generations of members of the legal community had attempted to develop a healthy and independent judiciary. Since the 1990s, constitutionalism has been practised in Taiwan, and judicial reform has achieved a considerable degree of success. This lecture will review the historical development of the judiciary in Taiwan, and explore the judicial role in the maintenance of the constitutional order and the protection of human rights in Taiwan.

Professor Weng Yueh-sheng is a law graduate of the National Taiwan University in Taipei and Heidelberg University in Germany. He began his academic career at the National Taiwan University in 1966. In 1972-1999, he served as a Grand Justice of the Judicial Yuan (constitutional court) in Taiwan. In 1999-2007, he was Chief Justice of Taiwan. He has taught generations of students and published extensively in the field of public law.

中國傳統中沒有現代意義的司法權觀念,司法為統治者的工具。民國初期以來,多個世代的法律人致力於建立健全獨立的司法權。雖然1946年的《中華民國憲法》建立了憲政體制下的司法機構,但直到1990年代,台灣才進入正常憲政狀態,司法改革取得成果,審判獨立與司法品質逐漸受國際社會肯定。本講座將回溯司法權在台灣的發展歷程,並探討法院在台灣維護憲政秩序和保障人權等方面的角色。

翁岳生教授畢業於台北國立台灣大學法律學系,後往德國深造,獲海德堡大學法學博士學位。1966年起任教於台灣大學法律系,1972年至1999年任司法院大法官,1999年至2007年任司法院院長。著有《行政法與現代法治國家》(1976年)、《法治國家之行政法與司法》(1994年)、《行政法》(上、下冊)(1998年編著)、《行政訴訟法逐條釋義》(2003年主編)等書。於2002年獲選為英國高等法律研究學會(Society for Advanced Legal Studies)榮譽會員,2007年獲總統頒授“中正勳章”。FULL DETAILS

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Mar 27, 2019
The Development of the Rule of Law in Taiwan (台灣法治之發展 ) – 翁岳生教授
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內容提要:
現代法治國家保障人民的自由和權利,落實權力分立與依法行政,並尊重司法獨立。台灣自從上世紀八十年代後期解除“戒嚴”以來,從威權體制轉變為法治國家。本講座將探討法治國原則和依法行政的概念,在八十年代以來的台灣的演變和發展。