Hsu Tzong-li

The Honourable Chief Justice
Hsu Tzong-li
許宗力
President of the Judicial Yuan
Assumed office
1 November 2016
Deputy Tsai Jung-dwen
Preceded by Rai Hau-min
Justice of the Constitutional Court
In office
1 October 2003 – 30 September 2011
Personal details
Born (1956-02-10) 10 February 1956
Nationality Republic of China
Alma mater National Taiwan University
University of Göttingen

Hsu Tzong-li (Chinese: 許宗力; pinyin: Xǔ Zōnglì; born 10 February 1956) is a Taiwanese judge who has served as the President of the Judicial Yuan since 2016.

Academic career

Hsu studied at National Taiwan University and later obtained his SJD from the University of Göttingen in Germany in 1986. He began teaching law at NTU starting in 1987. He was elected dean of NTU's law school in 2002.[1]

He was a member of the Fair Trade Commission from 1995 to 1998 and led the Taiwan Law Society from 2001 to 2003.[1]

Judicial Yuan

Hsu was named a member of the Judicial Yuan in 2003 and left the bench in 2011.[2][3]

As president

Hsu was appointed the President of the Judicial Yuan on 25 October 2016 after his nomination was approved by legislators after a week of questioning. His selection was challenged with allegations of unconstitutionality, as Hsu had previously served on the Judicial Yuan.[4][5] Article V of the Additional Articles of the Constitution governs judicial appointments, and reads, in part "Each grand justice of the Judicial Yuan shall serve a term of eight years, independent of the order of appointment to office, and shall not serve consecutive terms." The Tsai Ing-wen administration argued that Hsu was reappointed, and never served consecutive terms.[6] The Alliance for Civic Oversight of Supreme Court Justice Nominees approved of Hsu's selection, as did the New Power Party.[7][8] Subsequently, the Legislative Yuan voted 72-2 for him to assume the post and for Tsai Chiung-tun (Chinese: 蔡炯燉) to be the Vice President.[9] Hsu was inaugurated as the President of the Judicial Yuan on 1 November 2016 in a ceremony attended by Vice President Chen Chien-jen. Hsu appointed Lu Tai-lang (Chinese: 呂太郎) the secretary-general of the Judicial Yuan and Chou Chan-chun (Chinese: 周占春) as the head of the Judges Academy.[10]

Political stances

Hsu stated shortly shortly before his confirmation as President of the Judicial Yuan in October 2016 that Cross-Strait relations should be handled on a special state-to-state basis, comparing them to relations between East and West Germany.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tzong-li Hsu". College of Law National Taiwan University. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan; Chao, Vincent Y. (9 April 2011). "Nominee slammed over US green card". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Su, Fang-ho; Chung, Jake (2 September 2016). "Hsu Tzong-li nomination sparks debate". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Hsiao, Alison (1 October 2016). "Legislators squabble over nominations". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Hsiao, Alison (4 September 2016). "Hsu Tzong-li's nomination unconstitutional: judges". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Pan, Jason (27 August 2016). "Possible judicial pick challenged". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  7. ↑ Pan, Jason (13 October 2016). "Tsai's choices to head up legal bodies scrutinized". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Gerber, Abraham (13 October 2016). "President's picks all qualified: evaluation committee". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  9. ↑ Sun, Hsin-hsuan (26 October 2016). "Hsu Tzong-li approved as Judicial Yuan pres.". The China Post. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  10. ↑ Wang, Yang-yu; Wu, Lilian (1 November 2016). "New Judicial Yuan president assumes post". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  11. ↑ Cheng, Hung-ta; Chung, Jake; Chin, Jonathan (14 October 2016). "Hsu offers German model for PRC ties". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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