JUDICIAL REFORM CONFERENCE SAYS GRAND JUSTICES CAN OVERTURN VERDICTS|司改國是會議:定讞判決違憲 大法官可推翻

On Mar.20, one of the nation's judicial reform conferences concluded that grand justices can overturn a court verdict, if it violates the Constitution. Some say this over-expands the power of the Grand Justices and turn them into an extra tier of judgment in the country's three-tiered system. But the Judicial Yuan begs to differ. In the future, grand justices may be able to overturn a verdict in an individual case, if the judicial opinion violates the constitution. Taiwan's court system is a three-tiered system with the Supreme Court, the High Court, and the District Court. If the new system is employed, Justices of the Constitutional Court will serve as 'the fourth tier'. However, the Judicial Yuan said that the new system only aims to protect the judicial rights of the public. The grand justices will not be involved in individual cases. == LU TAI-LANG Judicial Yuan Secretary-General== If the grand justices think that the judicial opinion of the verdict violates the constitution, then the original verdict will be abolished. The case will be sent back to the court. The grand justices will not deliver a new verdict. Therefore, there is no such problem as the fourth tier. Some think that the new system does provide a new avenue for judicial relief despite concerns over political interference. == CHOU WEI-LIANG lawyer == From the point of constitution, the new constitutional review system of individual cases will help implement the constitution and protect the rights of the public. Under the 'no punishment without law' principle, the new system may help those convicted of government corruption to escape their penalty. However, it is still uncertain whether there will be a change when the law is amended. TRANSLATED BY ARIEL HSIEH 司改國是會議決議，未來大法官不只可以抽象審查法律違憲案，如果認為法院定讞的「個案」，見解違憲，可以推翻判決，自行判決。由於我國的司法審判，採三級三審制，一般案件由第一級的地方法院審判；不服，可一路上訴到最高法院，如果新制上路，等於讓大法官會議制度，形同「第四審」。對此，司法院強調，這是基於保障民眾司法權益的考量，不存在「第四審」的問題。 ==司法院秘書長 呂太郎== 大法官如果認為原確定判決 所表達的意見 違背憲法的話 那麼會把原判決廢棄 還有交回原來的法院 繼續審理 他不會自己判 原則上不自己判 所以沒有所謂第四審的問題 曾經擔任法官和檢察官的律師認為，撇開政治干預司法等的思維，未來此新制上路，確實增加了民眾司法救濟的路。 ==律師 周威良== 很多事 必須要從憲法的角度來看 所以他這一個 憲法審查個案的制度 有助於憲法的具體落實 保障人民的權利 雖然司改國是會議上，主張新制將不溯及既往，等於避免涉及貪污案的重大司法定讞案件，獲得翻案的機會。不過，未來修法時，會不會出現變數，還有待觀察。 記者陳佳鑫 張梓嘉 台北報導