The Paris Agreement and the Transformation of Global Climate Law: Taiwan’s Perspective
- Chun-Yuan Lin & Jiunn-Rong Yeh
This article examines the process and result of the Paris Agreement with an attempt to explore its impact on the global climate change law. This article argues that, the Paris Agreement presents a new model for global climate change law. This article then examines recent development of climate change law in Taiwan, and argues that Taiwan should be better prepared for the coming global climate change legal order with three ways: deepening climate change policy, reconstructing organizational and procedural settings and seeking opportunities in the new legal order.
Joyous Buddha, Holy Father, and Dragon God Desiring Sex: A Case Study of Rape by Religious Fraud in Taiwan
- Jianlin Chen
This Article critically examines the intriguing criminalization of religious fraudulent sex in Taiwan and makes three contributions. This Article explains how the new constitutional issue (i.e., proportionate restriction of religious practices) raised under this alternate approach may be overcome, and further highlights the normative advantages in terms of deterring criminals and informing victims.
Regulatory Competition and the World Bank’s Doing Business Reports: Taiwan’s Liberalization of the Minimum Capital Requirement for Incorporation as an Example
- Chang-hsien TSAI
This article presents regulatory/jurisdictional competition as an analytical framework for convergence towards the liberalization of the MCR, especially in the case of Taiwan. The Taiwanese case study demonstrates that such an IGO as the WB would take initiatives in acting as a public actor to diffuse its preferred legal model such as liberalization of red tape like the MCR across national borders, by promoting jurisdictional competition sparked by its DB indicators and rankings.
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