List of law schools in Taiwan
In Taiwan, law is primarily studied as an undergraduate program resulting in a Bachelor of Law (B.L.).[1] It is said that this degree is equivalent to the 'first' professional degree in law (J.D. or LL.B.). This is why most Taiwan universities have departments of law rather than schools of law. Recently, some universities have adopted a system where students with university or higher education in subjects other than law may apply for admission to law institutes. Many places, like the National Taiwan University College of Law, have begun to offer a Master's program in what they refer to as interdisciplinary legal studies; this program is utilizing a professional school-like legal education system. At the graduate level, there is an LL.M. or Ph.D. offered in the area of law.[1]
Students receive academic rather than practical training.[1] Practical training is arranged only after the individual passes the lawyer, judge or prosecutor exams.
Law schools
- Aletheia University Department of Financial and Economic Law
- Asian University Department of Financial and Economic Law
- Chinese Culture University College of Law
- Chung Yuan Christian University Financial and Economic Law
- Tunghai University College of Law
- Fu Jen Catholic University College of Law
- Hsuan Chuan University College of Law
- Kainan University Department of Law
- Ming Chuan University College of Law
- National Cheng Kung University College of Law
- National Chengchi University College of Law
- National Chung Cheng University College of Law
- National Chung Hsing University Financial and Economic Law
- National Kaohsiung University College of Law
- National Taipei University College of Law
- National Taiwan University College of Law
- Providence University Department of Law
- Shih Hsin University College of Law
- Soochow University School of Law
- Toko University Dept. of Financial and Economic Law
Compulsory courses for undergraduate students
According to the National Taiwan University College of Law:[1]
- First year
- Constitutional law
- Civil Code - General Principle I
- Criminal Code - General Principles I
- Civil Code - General Provisions of Obligations
- Second year
- Civil Code - General Provisions of Obligations II
- Civil Code - Kinds of Provisions of Obligations
- Civil Code - Property
- Civil Code - Family and Succession law
- Criminal Code - General Principles II
- Criminal Code - Kinds of Offenses
- Administrative Law
- Legal History
- International Law
- Third year
- Civil Procedure
- Criminal Procedure
- General Principles of Business Law & Corporation Law
- Insurance Law
- Law of Negotiable Instruments
- Maritime Law
- Jurisprudence
- Fourth year
- Conflict of Laws
- Fifth year
- Some law schools in Taiwan have a five-year LL.B. program to incorporate courses with specialties into their curriculum. Soochow University School of Law, for example, is well known for its five-year LL.B. program featuring Anglo-American law and comparative legal studies.
See also
- Education in Taiwan
- History of education in Taiwan
- List of schools in Taiwan
- List of universities in Taiwan
- History of law in Taiwan
- Constitution of the Taiwan (ROC)
- Six Codes
- Law of the Taiwan (ROC)
- Ministry of Justice (Taiwan)
- Judicial Yuan
- Supreme Court of the Taiwan (ROC)
- Supreme Prosecutor Office
- Taiwan High Prosecutors Office
- District Courts of the Taiwan (ROC)
- Referendums in Taiwan
- Democracy Index
Further reading
- Lo Chang-fa, The Legal Culture and System of Taiwan, Chapter 2, (Kluwer Law International 2006).
References
External links
- Taiwan Law Resources
- ROC Ministry of Education
- The History of the Ministry of Education
- Study in Taiwan
- National Taiwan University College of Law
- National Chung Cheng University College of Law
- Soochow University School of Law
- National Chengchi University College of Law
- Fu Jen Catholic University School of Law
- National Taipei University College of Law
- National Cheng Kung University College of Law