Hwang Jau-Yuan
Hwang Jau-yuan | |
|---|---|
| 黃昭元 | |
.jpg) Official portrait, 2016 | |
| Justice of the Constitutional Court of Taiwan | |
| Assumed office 11 November 2016 | |
| Nominated by | Tsai Ing-wen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 28, 1962 Taiwan |
| Education | National Taiwan University (LLB, LLM) Harvard University (LLM, SJD) |
Hwang Jau-Yuan (traditional Chinese: 黃昭元; pinyin: Huáng Zhāoyuán; born 28 September 1962) is a Taiwanese jurist who has served as a justice of the Constitutional Court of Taiwan, the country's highest court,[1] since 2016.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Hwang was born in 1962.[2] He graduated from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 1984 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the university in 1989. After completing his master's degree, Hwang entered private practice of law as an associate attorney at Formosa Transnational Attorneys-at-Law,[3] a law firm based in Taipei, Taiwan, where Hwang worked from September 1988 to June 1990.[4]
Hwang later received a scholarship to study in the United States at Harvard University, where he earned a second LL.M. in 1991 and a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) in 1995 from Harvard Law School.[3] His doctoral thesis, published in June 1995, was titled, "Constitutional Change and Political Transition in Taiwan Since 1986: The Role of Legal Institutions".[4]
Career
[edit]In August 1995, Hwang became a professor at the College of Law at National Taiwan University, where he is an authority on constitutional law and international law.[3] He began as a lecturer at NTU from 1995 to 1996, then was an associate professor of law from 1996 to 2004, and was promoted to a full professor of law at NTU in August 2004.[4] He served as the director of NTU Law's Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrated Law.[5] From 24 June 2013 to 25 July 2013, Hwang was a visiting scholar at the University of Tübingen in Germany.[4]
Hwang was inaugurated as a justice of the Judicial Yuan on 11 November 2016.[2] In 2017, he was among the justices of the court to rule in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage in the Judicial Yuan's Interpretation No. 748.
References
[edit]- ^ Perkins, Christine. "International alumni appointed to prestigious judicial posts". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ a b c "Justices of the Constitutional Court: Justice Jau-Yuan HWANG". Judicial Yuan. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Jau-Yuan Hwang - 台大法律學院 NTU College of LAW". www.law.ntu.edu.tw. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ a b c d "Prof. Hwang Jau-Yuan". European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan. University of Tübingen. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ Zhikai, Hu (June 27, 2024). "決戰釋憲》憲法裁判將撼動台灣政局走勢 15位大法官傲人學經歷一次看". www.cmmedia.com.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-01-02.