List of law schools in Taiwan explained
In Taiwan, law can be studied in an undergraduate program resulting in a Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) or a postgraduate degree resulting in a Masters of Law (LL.M.). Some LL.M. programs in Taiwan are offered to students with or without a legal background. However, the graduation requirements for students with a legal background are lower than for those students who do not have a legal background (to account for fundamental legal subjects that were taken during undergraduate studies). Students studying in an LL.M. program normally take three years to earn the necessary credits and finish a master’s thesis. Ph.D. degrees are also offered in the area of law.
Students in law school receive academic rather than practical training.[1] Practical training is arranged only after the individual passes the lawyer, judge or prosecutor exams.
Law schools
Compulsory courses for undergraduate students
According to the National Taiwan University College of Law:
- 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
- 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
Further reading
- Lo Chang-fa, The Legal Culture and System of Taiwan, Chapter 2, (Kluwer Law International 2006).
External links
Notes and References
- Chang-fa Lo, Driving an Ox Cart to Catch Up With the Space Shuttle: The Need For and Prospects of Legal Education Reform in Taiwan, 24 Wis. Int'l L.J. 41 (2006).
