Assessing the Effects of Political Factors on Court Decisions in Litigation of Social Movements in Taiwan

• In Event: Democratic Politics in East Asia

Brief Overview

By collecting court decisions from Taiwan's judiciary between 2000 and 2018, this study examines various sociopolitical factors that may have an influence on court verdicts and determines whether the litigation outcomes may be politically biased.

Authors

• Chung-Li Wu, Academia Sinica

• Alex Min-Wei Lin, National Chengchi University