The Judicial Yuan and the Taiwan Constitutional Court Sincerely Welcome the Visit of Prof. Samuel Issacharoff (New York University School of Law)
On August 15, 2024, the Judicial Yuan and the Taiwan Constitutional Court (TCC) welcomed the visit of Prof. Samuel Issacharoff, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law at the New York University School of Law. He was accompanied by Research Professor Yen-Tu SU of Institutum Iurisprudentiae Academia Sinica. On behalf of the Judicial Yuan and the TCC, the President of the Judicial Yuan & Chief Justice Tzong-Li HSU expressed sincere welcome to Prof. Issacharoff upon their meeting. The meeting was also attended by Vice President Jeong-Duen TSAI, Justice Jui-Ming HUANG, Justice Sheng-Lin JAN, Justice Ming-Yan SHIEH, Justice Fu-Meei JU, and Director-General Colin YANG of the TCC.
During his visit, Prof. Issacharoff delivered a speech under the title “Adjudicating the Electorate: Judicial Oversight of Democratic Competition,” with the help of consecutive interpretation of Research Professor SU. Prof. Issacharoff’s speech focused on court-driven constitutional oversight of elections and political competitions from the vantage point of comparative constitutional law. Prof. Issacharoff shared with the audience three types of court-driven oversight mechanisms: (1) Curtailing anti-democratic actors through personnel or part bans; (2) De-escalation by decree, notably the aspect of de-fanging and de-funding; and (3) Structural reinforcement by reinforcing the rules of the game or leveling the playing field. Various comparative law cases from the US, Germany, India, Korea, Taiwan, and Mexico were given to illustrate the three types of mechanisms. The Justices of the TCC exchanged their opinions with Prof. Issacharoff after his speech.
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From left to right: Research Professor Yen-Tu SU, Justice Fu-Meei JU, Justice Ming-Yan SHIEH, Prof. Samuel Issacharoff, President & Chief Justice Tzong-Li HSU, Vice President Justice Jeong-Duen TSAI, Justice Jui-Ming HUANG, and Justice Sheng-Lin JAN.
- Release Date : 2024-09-25
- Update : 2024-09-25