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Hsu Yu-hsiu
Member of the Council of Grand Justices
In office
3 October 2003 – 30 September 2011
Nominated byChen Shui-bian

Hsu Yu-hsiu (Chinese: 許玉秀; pinyin: Xǔ Yùxiù; born 1956) is a Taiwanese judge who served on the Council of Grand Justices from 2003 to 2011.

Hsu completed her bachelor's and master's degrees, both in law, at National Chengchi University. She then pursued doctoral studies at the University of Freiburg. Upon her return to Taiwan, Hsu began teaching law at Tunghai University, then joined the faculty of National Chengchi University.[1] In 2003, President Chen Shui-bian nominated Hsu to the Council of Grand Justices.[2] She was confirmed by the Legislative Yuan and took office on 3 October 2003.[3] Hsu authored Constitutional Interpretation No. 666, issued by the court on 6 November 2009 regarding the penalization of prosecution, which opined in part that selling sexual services was a matter of free choice of profession, which is a right protected by the Constitution.[4] Hsu left the position at the end of her eight-year term on 30 September 2011, as did three other justices: Hsu Pi-hu [zh], Hsu Tzong-li, and Lin Tzu-yu [zh].[5][6] They were replaced by Chen Be-yue, Huang Hsi-chun, Lo Chang-fa, and Tang Teh-chung.[7][8]

After leaving the Judicial Yuan, Hsu taught law at National Taiwan University.[9] Concurrently, Hsu began developing the Constitutional Court Stimulation, teaching its first courses at the Taipei Bar Association in 2013. The Constitutional Court Stimulation was formalized as a class at National Chiao Tung University in 2014. In its first iteration, the Constitutional Court Stimulation argued same-sex marriage in Taiwan.[10] By its third meeting in 2016, the Constitutional Court Stimulation had attracted the participation of legal scholars from Australia, Chile, Colombia, Kazakhstan, and South Africa, as it focused on cases from Taiwan's White Terror era.[11] In June 2016, Hsu presented the Tang Prize in rule of law to Louise Arbour.[12] Later that year, the Awakening Foundation proposed that Hsu be renominated to the Judicial Yuan.[13] That November, Hsu was appointed to the Preparatory Committee for National Conference on Judicial Reform.[14][15][16] She was also a member of its successor, a national affairs conference on judicial reform that began operations in February 2017.[17] Within the conference, she served as subcommittee leader.[18] In 2017, Hsu opined that court rulings and related documents should be written in a more understandable manner.[19] She later argued against an effort to recall legislator Huang Kuo-chang.[20] In July 2019, Hsu hosted the Asian Human Rights Court Simulation to urge the formation of a regional human rights court.[21] The Asian Human Rights Court Simulation has reconvened to hear cases relating to human rights in Taiwan, such as that of Chiou Ho-shun.[22]

References

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  1. ^ The Republic of China Yearbook 2010. Government Information Office. 2010. p. 392. ISBN 9789860252781.
  2. ^ Lin, Chieh-yu (20 May 2003). "Chen unveils his names for Council of Grand Justices". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ Lu, Fiona (13 September 2003). "KMT backing off from showdown". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. ^ Yeh, Sandy (16 February 2011). "Prostitution needs to be rethought". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Complete Grand Justices short list quickly: Ma". Taipei Times. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  6. ^ Shih, Hsiu-chuan; Chao, Vincent Y. (9 April 2011). "Nominee slammed over US green card". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  7. ^ Li, Garfie; Wu, Sofia (31 March 2011). "President nominates four candidates to Constitutional Court". Central News Agency. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  8. ^ Li, Garfie; Wu, Sofia (31 March 2011). "Presidential Office says justice's nomination ill-considered". Central News Agency. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  9. ^ Lin, Shiou-yi; Lin, Shih-fang (11 May 2013). "Adultery laws do not save marriages". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  10. ^ Su, Yen-tu (2019). "Rights Advocacy Through Stimulation: The Genius of Taiwan's Constitutional Court Simulation". In Cohen, Jerome A.; Alford, William P.; Lo, Chang-fa (eds.). Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation. Springer. pp. 292–293. ISBN 9789811303500.
  11. ^ "President Tsai meets noted foreign participants in third Constitutional Court Simulation". Office of the President of the Republic of China. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  12. ^ Chen, Christie (21 November 2016). "Tang laureate for rule of law praised for perseverance". Central News Agency. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  13. ^ Sung, Fang-ho; Chung, Jake (22 August 2016). "Tsai considering judicial selectees". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  14. ^ Pan, Jason (20 November 2016). "Mother of murdered child joins reform board". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  15. ^ "President Tsai presides over first meeting of Preparatory Committee for National Conference on Judicial Reform". Office of the President of the Republic of China. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  16. ^ Chen, Christie (19 November 2016). "Society needs to have multiple voices heard: mother of slain child". Central News Agency. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  17. ^ Lin, Yu-hsiung (18 April 2017). "National affairs conference adrift". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  18. ^ Pan, Jason (25 February 2017). "Campaigners advocating jury trial system protest at Presidential Office". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  19. ^ Pan, Jason (26 March 2017). "Jury advocate gives roses to judicial reform panel". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  20. ^ Yang, Chun-hui; Hsiao, Sherry (15 December 2017). "Ex-officials urge against Huang Kuo-chang recall". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Former Taiwan judge pushes for creation of Asian human rights court". Taiwan News. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  22. ^ Huang, Yu-zhe (14 December 2019). "Tsai should grant Chiou amnesty". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
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