Taiwan Law in Focus: Economy, Society and Democracy 

Introduction

NTU MOOC course information & QAs

1-0: Course Introduction

1-1: Introduction: Characters and Historical Developments of Taiwan Law

1-2: Indigenous Law (Prehistory')

1-3: Law in Dutch-Taiwan (1624-1662)

1-4: Chinese Legal Traditions: Cheng Regime and Qing-Chinese Empire (1662-1895)

1-5: Law in the Japanese Period (1895-1945)

1-6: Post-WWII ROC Legal System (1945-)

1-7: Conclusion

W1 Quiz

2-0: Introduction

2-1: The Evolving Government Structure

2-2: Democratic Transformation and Constitutional Reform

2-3-1: Judicial Review and Evolving Constitutional Court (1)

2-3-2: Judicial Review and Evolving Constitutional Court (2)

2-4-1: Central-Local Relations and Democratic Society (1)

2-4-2: Central-Local Relations and Democratic Society (2)

2-5: Government Reform and Independent Regulatory Commission

2-6: Conclusion

W2 Quiz

3-0: Introduction

3-1: Position of Civil Law within the Legal Structure

3-2: History of Civil Law in Taiwan

3-3: Structure of the Civil Code

3-4: Illegal Building and Its Legal Effects

3-5: Aging and Family Law

3-6: Conclusion

W3 Quiz

4-0: Introduction

4-1: Taiwan's Constitutional Bill of Rights and Interpretation of Unenumerated Rights

4-2: Domestic Incorporation of International Human Rights to Taiwan

4-3: Personal Freedom and Due Process

4-4: Free Speech and Democratic Process

4-5: Environmental Right, Administrative Litigation and Regulatory State

4-6: Politics of Rights, Social Movement and Civil Society

4-7: Conclusion

Further Reading List

W4 Quiz

5-0: Introduction

5-1-1: Major Constitutional Rights (1)

5-1-2: Major Constitutional Rights (2)

5-2: Right to Judicial Remedy

5-3: Right to Silence

5-4: Right to Counsel

5-5: Right to a Fair Trial

5-6: Judicial Reform on Lay Participation and the Death Penalty

5-7: Conclusion

?Supplementary Video?No perfect justice system: wrongful convictions in Taiwan

?Supplementary Video?Introduction to Taiwan's Constitutional Court (the Judicial Yuan), criminal courts, and legal Reforms

?Supplementary Video?

?Supplementary Reading?Why the State Stops to Kill: The Death Penalty and the Rule of Law in Taiwan

W5 Quiz

6-0: Introduction

6-1: Overview of Taiwan's Economic Development Background

6-2: The Debate on Corporate Objectives in Taiwan

6-3-1: The Debate on Corporate Power Structure in Taiwan (1)

6-3-2: The Debate on Corporate Power Structure in Taiwan (2)

6-4: Independent Directors in Taiwan

6-5: Taiwan's Investor Protection Center

6-6: Concluding Remarks

6-7: Conclusion

W6 Quiz

Final conclusion