In order to promote the discussion of national judges in practice and academia, the Judicial Yuan co-hosted the "Taiwan-Japan International Symposium on National Participation in Trials" with the Taiwan-Japan Criminal Law Research Association, the Taiwan Criminal Law Association, and the Information Industry Promotion Association on the 5th and 6th. ".

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[Reporter Wu Zhengfeng/Report from Taipei] The new national judge law system was officially implemented on New Year's Day this year. In order to promote the discussion of national judge issues in practice and academia, the Judicial Yuan cooperated with the Taiwan Japanese Criminal Law Research Society, the Taiwan Criminal Law Society, and the Foundation on the 5th and 6th. The Information Industry Promotion Association co-hosted the "International Symposium on National Participation in Trials from Taiwan and Japan." Makoto Mitsui, an honorary professor at Kobe University who attended the conference, said that the awareness reform of trial, prosecution and defense is bound to take place.

Makoto Mitsui’s opening speech was interpreted by Professor Chen Yuncai of the Law Department of Cheng Kung University. Mitsui said that over the past 30 years, he has been discussing with Taiwan’s academic and practical circles whether it is possible to use a single indictment in criminal proceedings and to introduce citizens to participate in the trial. , Until July 2020, the Legislative Yuan passed the "National Judges Law" in the third reading. After more than 30 years of disputes accumulated in Taiwan, it has achieved great results in this way, and I have a lot of feelings.

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Mitsui emphasized that the problem will only begin when the National Judges Law is officially implemented, and the awareness reform of judges, prosecutors and lawyers is bound to take place. The Japanese referee system can be called "communicative justice". Even under the national judge system, Communication between prosecutors, defenders and national judges, as well as fact finding and sentencing, and communication between professional judges and national judges will become increasingly important.

Huang Linlun, deputy secretary-general of the Judicial Yuan, said that the new system hopes to open a window between the court and the society. Through two-way communication between citizens and judges, it will promote mutual understanding between citizens and judicial trials, accommodate diverse opinions in society, and allow the public to understand the judiciary. operation, realize the meaning and value of the rule of law.

Huang Linlun explained that my country's civil judge law is borrowed from the Japanese referee law. The two-day seminar started with a comparison between the national judge system and the Japanese referee system, and then discussed in depth the Japanese judicial system from the perspectives of trial, prosecution, defense, and even psychology. Case preparation, advocacy of evidence, and review and discussion in the referee's trial, and finally, a macro view of the appeal trial, overlooking the current situation of the referee's trial. Each topic has depth, breadth, and quite incisive content, which will help national judges Case preparation, selection, trial, review, and even the operation of the appeal.

The theme of the seminar was "The Concept and Practice of the National Judge System", and the comparison between Taiwan's national judge system and the Japanese referee system was discussed, and the development process, current situation and issues of the Japanese referee system were discussed, and the impact of Taiwan's national judge system was discussed. Enlightenment, conduct in-depth discussions and exchanges, and provide important guidelines for the national judge system in our country. On the first day, about 100 people from all walks of life, including trial, prosecution, defense, and academia, participated.