Shieh Ming-yan | |
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謝銘洋 | |
 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| President of the Judicial Yuan | |
Acting | |
| Assumed office 1 November 2024 | |
| President | Lai Ching-te |
| Preceded by | Hsu Tzong-li |
| Grand Justice of the Judicial Yuan | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Tsai Ing-wen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) |
| Education | National Taiwan University (LLB,LLM) University of Munich (PhD) |
Shieh Ming-yan (Chinese:謝銘洋;pinyin:Xiè Míngyáng; born 1957) is a Taiwanese legal academic and jurist who has served as the actingPresident of the Judicial Yuan since 2024. He is a professor atNational Taiwan University and was dean of its College of Law.
Shieh graduated with his bachelor's degree and master's degree in law fromNational Taiwan University (NTU). He then completed doctoral studies in Germany and earned aPh.D. (Dr. jur.) degree in law from theUniversity of Munich in 1990. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Kündigung aus wichtigem Grund und Wegfall der Geschäftsgrundlage bei Patentlizenz- und Urheberrechtsverträgen".[1]
From 1980 to 1983, Shieh worked as a lawyer. He was avisiting scholar to the University of Munich from 1996 to 1997, Columbia University in 2007, and Fordham University in 2009. He has been a law professor at National Taiwan University since 1990, and was dean of the College of Law from 2012 to 2015. He was chair of the Taiwan Law Society from 2017 to 2018.[2][3][4]
Shortly after theCross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) was signed in June 2013, Shieh signed a petition urging its renegotiation.[5] In April 2014, Shieh lent support to another petition asking the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office to look into the removal from theLegislative Yuan of students participating in theSunflower Student Movement protests over the CSSTA.[6] He was critical of the government's response to protesters, stating that the NTU College of Law "truly failed our students, because we have not taught [President]Ma Ying-jeou well."[7]
In May 2019, Ma's successorTsai Ing-wen nominated Shieh to serve on theConstitutional Court (then known as the Council of Grand Justices).[8] The Legislative Yuan voted to approve Shieh's nomination in June 2019.[9]Lai Ching-te named Shieh acting president of the Judicial Yuan on 1 November 2024, as confirmation hearings for Judicial Yuan positions, including replacements for presidentHsu Tzong-li and vice presidentTsai Jeong-duen were delayed.[10] The ruling and opposition parties have been unable to confirm judicial nominees due to disagreements on the budget and other appointments.[11]
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