tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post112634503031915947..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Judicial Corruption in TaiwanMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1126453281676324802005-09-11T23:41:00.000+08:002005-09-11T23:41:00.000+08:00Here's a question: who is responsible for investig...Here's a question: who is responsible for investigating and censuring members of the Judicary? Would that be the ... er ... Control Yuan?<BR/><BR/>I know. I know. I must sound like a broken record. But corruption is arguably the biggest problem facing the government at the moment - and it is the Control Yuan which is *supposed* to be responsible for sorting that out. That the Control Yuan is wholly anonymous whenever anyone talks about rooting out corruption implies a) that the constitution does need a work-over (probably to remove the Control Yuan completely), and b) the legislative deadlock is a major reason for the lack of progress on corruption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1126401621953420352005-09-11T09:20:00.000+08:002005-09-11T09:20:00.000+08:00"Japan's great contribution to Formosa was the int..."Japan's great contribution to Formosa was the introduction of a rule of law and order. Police rule was often harsh, and the application of law often unfair when Formosan interests clashed with the interests of the ruling Japanese, but nevertheless the legal system provided an essential foundation for economic and social advance. This was understood...If a Formosan challenged a Japanese in court (or even in an argument at the local street-corner police-box), the scales of Justice were often out of balance, but in normal village life every individual enjoyed protection of the law. After the [ROC took over Taiwan] these safeguards vanished."<BR/><BR/>George Kerr, <I>Formosa Betrayed</I>Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1126399968448841972005-09-11T08:52:00.000+08:002005-09-11T08:52:00.000+08:00Yeah, I wonder where that moral deterioration came...Yeah, I wonder where that moral deterioration came from. I'm sure you're right: It's a purely a KMT issue. It's not the natural result of a judicial system in a Chinese society with poor anti-corruption practices.<BR/><BR/>It couldn't possibly come from the high standards set by the DPP for the legal industry, could it? Not with such well-thought out and respectable <A HREF="http://taiwansotherside.blogspot.com/2005/08/toss-first-sort-of-scoop.html" REL="nofollow">bar<BR/>exam questions</A>?<BR/><BR/>Just blaming the KMT and sidestepping the actual problems will only work for so long...Taiwan's Other Sidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09502176430536810488noreply@blogger.com