Seminar on Constitutional Rights

Course ID:  B9M014I1

Credits: 2

Objective: 

01. By means of human rights issues for discussion, we may learn the scope and the limit of particular identity-related Constitutional rights. 

02. To see, in the Internet age, kinds of newly emerging human rights and its content. 

03. To help our students obtaining the relevant knowledge and cultivating the mind and law-abiding spirit in this class.

Course Prerequisites: None

Outline: Constitutional Rights mainly consists of Traditional Human Rights, such as Right of Equality, Rights of Liberty etc. As time goes by, More and more newly developed Rights appear to satisfy us as a citizen in our daily life. To help our students obtaining the relevant knowledge and cultivate the mind and the spirit of law-abiding, we will, in this class, focus on these brand-new Constitutional Rights, such as Right to be forgotten, Patient Right to Autonomy, Sunshine right, Personality rights, Personal information protection and lay-judge system, etc.

Teaching Method:

lecture, video, case study, discussion.

Reference:

朱敬一、李念祖，2003，《基本人權》，台北：時報文化。

Course Schedule (subject to change): 

01. Human rights provisions in the constitution: concrete and abstract norms, functional types of basic human rights 

02. due process of police administration: hidden law enforcement, implementation of coercive force 

03. Fundamental Rights on Campus - Right to Education and Learning: Incident of "Mandatory PCR Testing and Quarantine" at National Cheng Kung University 

04. Fundamental Rights on Campus - Right to Education and Learning: National Chengchi University "National English Examination Graduation Thresholds" Case 

05. Personal data protection - privacy: telecommunications footprint, right to be forgotten, right to delete, etc. 

06. Personal Data Protection - Portrait Rights: Tsinghua University’s “Face Recognition System” and Youtuber’s “Deep Fake” Incident 

07. Judicial Human Rights - Procedural Rights of Criminal Defendants and Criminal Witnesses: Miranda Warning 

08. Judicial Human Rights - Citizens’ Right to Participate in Trial: National Judges Act 

09. Human Rights on Internet.

Evaluation: 

Attendance (Assignments included) 50%

Final report or Examination 50%