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Welcome to our Republic of China (Taiwan) Legal Research Guide. This guide provides some of the best resources available through the Harvard Law School Library and on the Internet. If you would like additional help with your research, please feel free to contact Nongji Zhang (zhang4@law.harvard.edu), request a research consultation, or email us at research@law.harvard.edu.
Taiwan Legal System
Alongside the Specialized Courts (The Taiwan Kaohsiung Juvenile Court 臺灣高雄少年法院 and The Intellectual Property Court 智慧財產法院), and the Administrative Courts which adopts a "Two Level Two Instance System", Taiwan has a three-tiered court system for civil and criminal cases. They are Supreme Court, High Courts, and District Courts. The diagram below from China.org.cn illustrates the structure of the Taiwan court system for civil and criminal cases:
The following sources provide a good introduction to the Taiwan legal system:
- The Legal System of Taiwan from Columbus School of Law
- Law of the Republic of China from Wikipedia
- Taiwan's Legal System and Legal Profession by Hungdah Chiu and Jyh-Pin Fa
Research Guides
For additional help, you can check other research guides including:
- Guide to Law Online: Taiwan by the Library of Congress
- Taiwan Legal Research Guide on GlobaLex by Xiaomeng Zhang
- Law Library: Taiwan by the University of Iowa
- Chinese Legal Research: Taiwan by Yale Law School