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November 2019

If a national compensation claimant may obtain property rights from other people to compensate the damage suffered during the performance of public duty by a civil servant, such property rights which may be obtained for the sake of compensation should be deducted to calculate the actual damage so sustained (Taiwan)

November 2019

Compensation in the form of solatium should be preconditioned by emotional pain caused by moral right violation, and the parties' identity, financial strengths and the extent of victimization should be considered in awarding the amount of compensation (Taiwan)

November 2019

Three Typical Guilty Plea Application Cases Released by the Supreme People's Procuratorate (Mainland China)

November 2019

Circular on Urging Fugitives Involved in Gang-related Crimes to Surrender Themselves to Justice (Mainland China)

October 2019

An actor's knowledge of an illegal act is not limited to the exact knowledge of the penal provisions, and the mere knowledge that the act is not legally permitted will suffice (Taiwan)

October 2019

Whether an offense is established or a criminal penalty should be exempt should be determined based on civil-law relations; and in a civil case where a complaint has been filed, a criminal court has the discretionary right under the law to decide if the criminal trial will be stayed before the civil proceedings are concluded without been bound by any motion of a party, and it is not true that the criminal court that does not stay the trial would violate the law (Taiwan)