Law Useful Websites: Taiwan

It is a searchable and browsable database for dissertations and theses created by the National Sun Yat-Sen University. The database contains 300,000 dissertations and theses in many areas including law from many academic institutions of Taiwan and worldwide.

The Gazette is published from 1948 to present; its current coverage includes presidential promulgation and notices, important speeches and celebrations, summary of activities attended by the President and the Vice-President, and government press releases. It is available in Chinese only.

The website includes court judgments from 1949 to present available in Chinese and English.

The website provides full text searching of the judgments and interpretations of different courts in Chinese, and Judicial Yan interpretations and relevant law and regulations in English.

It is a collection of major national and local decrees and regulations. Over 60 gazettes were published since 1912. The collection includes acts, regulations, and policies proclaimed by the government, and aids in the publicizing and prevalence of government information. Users can find gazettes promulgated by Presidential Office, Executive Yuan, Judicial Yuan, Examination Yuan, Control Yuan, and Local Government.

Started from 2006-present, the Review is published by the National Taiwan University Press. Full text articles are available in English; abstract in Chinese is also provided.

The website includes texts of Constitution and its Amendments as well as legislative records that are available in Chinese ad English.

International Agreements, Treaties and Conventions concluded or ratified by Taiwan can be found on Ministry of Justice Laws and Regulations Database.

The website includes six major laws and codes of the Republic of China: Constitution, Civil Code, Criminal Code, Code of Civil Procedure, Code of Criminal Procedure and Administrative Laws. It is available in Chinese only.

This periodical records major issues, historical events, activities, and laws and regulations (passed or revised) in/of The Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China.

(Law and Regulations Database of The Republic of China)
Official site with laws and regulations established by the Taiwanese Ministry of Justice. In Chinese and English.

This website provides legal updates, law and regulations, cases of different courts, central and local, and scholarly works in Chinese and English. (The library does NOT have a subscription to view information in Chinese, but law and regulations in English can be viewed free on the web).

GlobaLex is an electronic legal publication dedicated to international and foreign law research. Published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law.