Publications and Research Activities

Journal Articles

1. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Exploring the Justificatory Foundations of Positive Criminal Rehabilitation,” The Taiwan Law Review, No. 376, pp. 157–170 (September 2026).

2. Yu-Wei Hsieh, [in Japanese] “台湾における近時の刑事立法の動向―より良き刑事立法へ―[Recent Trends in Criminal Legislation in Taiwan: Toward Better Criminal Lawmaking,” Comparative Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 89–112 (June 2026).

3. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Criminal Responsibility and Sentencing in Juvenile Criminal Cases: Toward a Theory of Juvenile Sentencing,” Legal Aid and Society Review, No. 16, pp. 139–185 (March 2026). [Peer reviewed]

4. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Criminal Law Regulation of AI-Generated Sexual Images,” Taiwan Legal Professionals, No. 47, pp. 119–135 (March 2026).

5. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Does Secretly Filming a Nude Child While Bathing Constitute Sexual Exploitation? A Critical Analysis of Supreme Court Criminal Judgment No. 2162 of 2024 and the Lower Court Decisions,” Sharing Law Journal, No. 13, pp. 115–141 (February 2026). [Peer reviewed]

6. Po-Chang Chan, Chi-Tai Fang & Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Design and Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Course: ‘Communicable Disease Control and Prevention—Ethics and Laws,’” Journal of Medical Education, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 149–157 (2025). DOI: 10.6145/jme.202509_29(3).0005.

7. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Exploring and Reconstructing the Concept of ‘Need for Protection’ under Taiwan’s Juvenile Justice Act,” Journal of Judges Association R.O.C. (Taiwan), Vol. 26, pp. 70–86 (December 2024).

8. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “A Brief Commentary on Constitutional Court Judgment No. 8 of 2024: Clarifying the Concept of Intent and Reaffirming the Legislative Duty to Amend the Law,” Contemporary Law Journal, No. 36, pp. 27–35 (December 2024).

9. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Debate over the Comprehensive Assessment of New and Existing Evidence in Japanese Criminal Retrial Proceedings,” The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Law Review, No. 3, pp. 141–150 (June 2024).

10. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Constitutional Review and Substantive Interpretation of Abstract Endangerment Offenses: A Critical Analysis of Supreme Court Criminal Judgment No. 2376 of 2023,” Contemporary Law Journal, No. 29, pp. 115–130 (May 2024).

11. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Confiscation of Criminal Proceeds after Constitutional Court Judgment No. 18 of 2022,” Contemporary Law Journal, No. 24, pp. 46–52 (December 2023).

12. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Resolving Disputes or Creating Further Confusion? A Critical Analysis of Supreme Court Grand Chamber Criminal Ruling No. 5217 of 2021 and the Subsequent Judgment,” Taiwan Legal Professionals, No. 25, pp. 143–164 (July 2023).

13. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “When the ‘Iron Rule of Indivisibility’ Begins to Rust: A Critical Analysis of Supreme Court Grand Chamber Criminal Ruling No. 3426 of 2020 and Related Legislative Amendments,” Journal of New Perspectives on Law, Vol. 2, No. 12, pp. 112–126 (December 2022).

14. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “May a Court Investigate and Determine Recidivist Status Ex Officio? A Critical Analysis of Supreme Court Grand Chamber Criminal Ruling No. 5660 of 2021 and the Criminal Judgment of the Same Number,” Court Case Times, No. 126, pp. 55–70 (December 2022).

15. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Developments in the Criminal Law in 2021: In the Name of Public Security and Treatment,” National Taiwan University Law Journal, Vol. 51, Special Issue, pp. 1223–1255 (November 2022). [TSSCI; invited article]

16. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Standards and Procedural Requirements in Cases Where the Prosecution Seeks the Death Penalty,” Angle Law Review, No. 5, pp. 92–97 (August 2022).

17. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Distinguishing Acts from Omissions: Interference with the Rescue of Another Person or Oneself,” Taiwan Jurist, No. 237, pp. 22–26 (July 2022).

18. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “In the Name of Public Security: The Interpretation and Application of the Newly Amended Article 150 of the Criminal Code,” Taiwan Legal Professionals, No. 12, pp. 78–96 (June 2022).

19. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Revisiting the Criminal Liability of Public Officials for Falsely Claiming Salary-Related Expenses,” Court Case Times, No. 116, pp. 43–51 (February 2022).

20. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Reviewing J.Y. Interpretation No. 789 and Rethinking the Credibility and Reliability of Victims’ Statement,” National Taiwan University Law Journal, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 1863–1921 (December 2021). DOI: 10.6199/NTULJ.202112_50(4).0004. [TSSCI]

21. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Due Process and Victim Participation in Juvenile Proceedings: A Commentary on J.Y. Interpretation No. 805,” Taiwan Legal Professionals, No. 6, pp. 133–149 (December 2021).

22. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Single Offense for Adjudicative Purposes and the Scope of Review in Criminal Retrial Applications: A Commentary on Supreme Court Grand Chamber Criminal Ruling No. 1221 of 2020,” The Taiwan Law Review, No. 319, pp. 35–54 (December 2021). [Peer reviewed]

23. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “A Brief Commentary on the 2021 Amendment to the Offense of Hit-and-Run,” Taiwan Jurist, No. 227, pp. 24–29 (September 2021).

24. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Justification for Criminalizing Private-Sector Bribery and Its Regulatory Models,” Criminal Policies and Crime Prevention, No. 27, pp. 119–177 (April 2021). [Peer reviewed]

25. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Constructing a Sentencing Framework and the Structure of Sentencing Reasons from the Perspective of the Purposes of Sentencing,” Journal of Judges Association R.O.C. (Taiwan), Vol. 22, pp. 86–104 (March 2021).

26. Yu-Wei Hsieh, trans. by Chia-Cheng Liu, [in Japanese] “台湾刑事再審新制度４周年の回顧と展望−裁判例の軌跡−[Four Years of Taiwan’s New Criminal Retrial System: A Review and Prospects Through the Development of Case Law],” Waseda Law School Law Review, No. 5, pp. 113–130 (November 2020).

27. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Impact of the UN Human Rights Committee’s General Comment No. 36 on Article 6 of the ICCPR (Right to Life) on Capital Sentencing Standards in Taiwan (II),” Law Affairs Newsletter, No. 3027, pp. 5–6 (October 2020).

28. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Impact of the UN Human Rights Committee’s General Comment No. 36 on Article 6 of the ICCPR (Right to Life) on Capital Sentencing Standards in Taiwan (I),” Law Affairs Newsletter, No. 3026, pp. 3–6 (October 2020).

29. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Victim Participation in Juvenile Justice: Reflections on and Lessons from the Japanese Legal System,” Legal Aid and Society Review, No. 5, pp. 57–79 (September 2020). [Peer reviewed]

30. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “A Historical Review and a Critical Analysis of ‘Ausführungshandlung,’” National Taiwan University Law Journal, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 1203–1265 (September 2020). DOI: 10.6199/NTULJ.202009_49(3).0007. [TSSCI]

31. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Collective Offenses and Continuous Inclusive Offenses: A Commentary on Supreme Court Criminal Judgments No. 2005 of 2017 and No. 2027 of 2019,” Court Case Times, No. 97, pp. 52–64 (July 2020).

32. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Principle of Proportionality Between Crime and Punishment and the Minor-Circumstances Clause,” Taiwan Jurist, No. 209, pp. 26–31 (March 2020).

33. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Analysis of the Amendment of Section 190-1 of Criminal Code: Correlation with Criminal Sanctions in Environmental Administrative Law,” National Taiwan University Law Journal, Vol. 48, Special Issue, pp. 1375–1434 (November 2019). [TSSCI]

34. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “When a Subtext Becomes the Main Theme: A Commentary on J.Y. Interpretation No. 775 and New Trends in Sentencing Following the Interpretation,” The Taiwan Law Review, No. 294, pp. 33–55 (November 2019).

35. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Requirements for Abandonment in a Discontinued Attempt,” Taiwan Jurist, No. 201, pp. 17–20 (July 2019).

36. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Review the Judicial Practices of Criminal Law in 2017,” National Taiwan University Law Journal, Vol. 47, Special Issue, pp. 1849–1880 (November 2018). DOI: 10.6199/NTULJ.201811_47(SP).0009. [TSSCI; invited article]

37. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “On the Meaning and Position of ‘Possibility of Rehabilitation’ in Judgment of Death Penalty Sentencing,” Taipei University Law Review, No. 105, pp. 133–186 (March 2018). [TSSCI]

38. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Investigation of Sentencing Facts and Expert Assessment of Sentencing Factors: Commentary (II),” Taiwan Prosecutor Review, No. 23, pp. 27–36 (February 2018). 

39. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Interfering with a Third Party’s Rescue with the Consent of a Cohabitant: A Commentary on Taiwan High Court Criminal Judgment No. 22 of 2015 and Supreme Court Criminal Judgment No. 1740 of 2017,” Court Case Times, No. 65, pp. 48–61 (November 2017).

40. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Prior Convictions, Prior Misconduct, and Other Similar-Fact Evidence in Determining Criminal Facts: A Commentary on Taiwan High Court Criminal Judgment No. 1439 of 2015,” Taiwan Law Journal, No. 324, pp. 2–22 (July 2017). MOST Project No. 106-2918-I-002-008.

41. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “An Overview of Japanese Criminal Law on Sexual Offenses and Recent Legislative Developments,” Angle Criminal Law Review, No. 3, pp. 34–53 (December 2016).

42. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “On Breach of Trust by Managers and Employees of Financial Institutes in Taiwan,” National Taiwan University Law Journal, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 2031–2092 (December 2016). [TSSCI] MOST Project No. 104-2410-H-002-075-MY2.

43. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Legal Issues Concerning the Criminalization of Intentional HIV Transmission: The Dangerousness of Risk-Taking Conduct,” Care of HIV/AIDS Quarterly, No. 97, pp. 15–24 (December 2016).

44. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Abstract Endangerment Offenses and Food Safety Regulation in the Risk Society: A Restrictive Interpretation of the Offense of Food Adulteration and Misrepresentation,” Angle Criminal Law Review, No. 1, pp. 70–90 (June 2016).

45. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Criminal Liability of Public Officials for Falsely Claiming Salary-Related Expenses: A Commentary on Taiwan High Court Criminal Judgment No. 40 of 2014,” Court Case Times, No. 42, pp. 66–73 (December 2015).

46. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “On Enrichment by Public Officials in the Anti-Corruption Statute: Article 6, Section 1, Paragraph 5,” Chengchi Law Review, No. 142, pp. 227–279 (September 2015). DOI: 10.3966/102398202015090142004. [TSSCI]

47. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Dawn of a Tolerant Society? A Response to Three Commentaries from the Perspectives of Exceptions to Bürgerstrafrecht, the Ex Post Functions of Criminal Law, and the Interaction Between Social and Individual Responsibility,” Academia Sinica Law Journal, No. 17, pp. 367–400 (September 2015). [TSSCI; invited article]

48. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “On the Concept of ‘Authorized Public Servant’ in Criminal Law,” National Taiwan University Law Journal, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 971–1035 (September 2015). [TSSCI]

49. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “What the Death Penalty Debate Needs Is Not Elitism, but Close Scrutiny and Deliberation,” Taiwan Law Journal, No. 273, pp. 55–57 (June 2015).

50. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Social Protest Movements and the Assessment of Substantive Unlawfulness,” Taiwan Bar Journal, November 2014, pp. 4–16.

51. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Breaking Free from the Shackles of Precedent in Criminal Retrial? A Commentary on Taichung Branch of the Taiwan High Court Criminal Ruling No. 132 of 2013,” Taiwan Law Journal, No. 259, pp. 199–207 (November 2014).

52. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Offense of Threatening Public Safety amid Mass Panic: An Analysis of Incidents Following the Taipei Metro Random Killing Case,” Taiwan Jurist, No. 143, pp. 69–76 (September 2014).

53. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Rethinking the Retributive Meaning of the Death Penalty,” Academia Sinica Law Journal, No. 15, pp. 139–206 (September 2014). [TSSCI] NSC Project No. 101-2410-H-002-219. Recipient of the 2015 Academia Sinica Law Journal Award.

54. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “A Taiwanese Version of the ‘Nagayama Criteria’? Toward More Concrete Standards for Capital Sentencing: A Commentary on Supreme Court Criminal Judgment No. 5251 of 2013,” Taiwan Law Journal, No. 249, pp. 212–218 (June 2014).

55. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Mistake as to the Specific Object: The Theory of Concrete Correspondence and the Theory of Statutory Correspondence,” The Taiwan Law Review, No. 227, pp. 31–46 (April 2014).

56. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Interpretation of Criminal Law and Indigenous Hunting Culture: A Commentary on Supreme Court Criminal Judgment No. 5093 of 2013,” Taiwan Law Journal, No. 241, pp. 176–181 (January 2014).

57. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “A Brief Commentary on Recent Supreme Court Decisions in Death Penalty Cases,” Taiwan Bar Journal, July 2013, pp. 5–21. NSC Project No. 101-2410-H-002-219.

58. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Taking Capital Sentencing Seriously,” Judicial Reform Magazine, No. 93, pp. 50–53 (December 2012).

59. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Legislation on Endangerment Offenses in Traffic Crimes and Strategies for Their Interpretation,” The Taiwan Law Review, No. 210, pp. 107–130 (November 2012).

60. Yu-Wei Hsieh, [in Japanese] “抽象的危険犯の現代的課題[Contemporary Issues in Abstract Endangerment Offenses],” Criminal Law Journal, No. 33, pp. 30–36 (August 2012). [Peer reviewed]

61. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Trends in the Criminal Regulation of Virtual Child Pornography,” The Taiwan Law Review, No. 186, pp. 38–59 (November 2010).

62. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Recent Developments in Japanese Criminal Legislation,” The Taiwan Law Review, No. 165, pp. 153–173 (February 2009).

63. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Conditio Sine Qua Non Theory and the Determination of Causation,” The Taiwan Law Review, No. 146, pp. 73–95 (July 2007). [Peer reviewed]

64. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Reflections on a Criminal Policy Combining Leniency and Severity,” The Taiwan Law Review, No. 126, pp. 131–157 (November 2005). [Peer reviewed]

65. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “An Economic Analysis of the Offense of Hit-and-Run,” Criminal Law Journal, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 36–74 (December 2002).

Books and Book Chapters

1. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “A Review of Research on Offenses Against Public Safety,” in A Review of Legal Research and Its Social Impact, 2001–2020, Vol. II, pp. 118–139 (Taipei: Angle Publishing, November 2024). ISBN 9786263692367.

2. Yu-Wei Hsieh, [in Japanese] “感染症予防措置としての刑罰？―台湾エイズ法第21条HIV伝染罪について―[Punishment as a Measure for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases? The Offense of HIV Transmission under Article 21 of Taiwan’s HIV/AIDS Act],” in New Challenges in Medical Law: Festschrift in Honor of Professor Katsunori Kai on His 70th Birthday, Vol. II, pp. 735–746 (Tokyo: Seibundo, October 2024). ISBN 9784792354336.

3. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Four Years of Taiwan’s New Criminal Retrial System: A Review and Prospects Through the Development of Case Law,” in Waves and Currents in Criminal Law: Criminal Policy and Criminal Procedure—Festschrift in Honor of Professor Tien-Kuei Kan on His 80th Birthday, pp. 954–967 (Taipei: Angle Publishing, April 2021). ISBN 9789575115081.

4. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Light and Shadow amid Interwoven Narratives: Exploring the Early Thought of Mao-Sheng Lee through A History of Penological Thought in Postwar Japan,” in Beyond Subjectivity, Reason, and Human Rights: Festschrift in Honor of Professor Mao-Sheng Lee on His 65th Birthday, pp. 3–34 (Taipei: Charitable Trust Fund for the Advancement of Criminal Law and Criminology, June 2020). ISBN 9789869914703.

5. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Reconsidering the Theory of Impossible Attempts after the Amendment of the General Part of the Criminal Code: An Argument for the Ex Ante Objective-Danger Theory,” in A Decade after the Amendment of the General Part of the Criminal Code: Review and Prospects, pp. 145–196 (Taipei: Sharing Culture Enterprise, April 2019). ISBN 9789862959541. [Double-blind peer reviewed]

6. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Reflections on Fundamental Issues in the New Criminal Confiscation Regime,” in Law and Scholarly Legacy: Festschrift in Honor of Professor Tzu-Ping Chen upon His Retirement, pp. 339–367 (Taipei: Angle Publishing, January 2018). ISBN 9789578607095.

7. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Property Offenses, the Legal Interest in Property, and Pecuniary Benefits,” in A Dialogue between Criminal Law and Constitutional Law: Festschrift in Honor of Former Justice Yu-Hsiu Hsu on Her 60th Birthday, pp. 689–716 (Taipei: Angle Publishing, March 2017). ISBN 9789862558829.

8. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Role and Function of the Supreme Court in Capital Sentencing: A Comparison of Japan and Taiwan,” in Courts in a Changing East Asia: The Role and Function of East Asian Courts through Landmark Decisions, pp. 147–197 (Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, October 2016). ISBN 9789863501893. NSC Project No. 101-2410-H-002-219. [Peer reviewed]

9. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Comprehensive Assessment Approach under the New Criminal Retrial Law,” in Criminal Retrial and Remedies for the Wrongfully Convicted, pp. 97–111 (Taipei: Angle Publishing, September 2016). ISBN 9789862558119.

10. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Possibilities and Limits of Reconstructing the Theory of Criminal Omissions from the Perspective of Causation,” in Criminal Omissions: Current Developments and Challenges, pp. 181–199 (Taipei: Angle Publishing, November 2015). ISBN 9789862556771.

11. Yu-Wei Hsieh, [in Japanese] “危険犯論[The Theory of Endangerment Offenses],” in Readings in Criminal Law, pp. 70–85 (Kyoto: Horitsu Bunka Sha, October 2015). ISBN 4589036967.

12. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Sentencing Deliberations under a Lay Participation System in Criminal Trials,” in Civil and Commercial Law and Modern Legal Theory: Festschrift in Honor of Professor Masataka Kiyokawa upon His Retirement, pp. 413–436 (Taipei: Taiwan-Japan Legal Professionals Association and Taiwan Corporate Law Association, May 2014). ISBN 9789862953273. MOST Project No. 103-2410-H-002-053.

13. Yu-Wei Hsieh, [in Japanese] 抽象的危険犯論の新展開[New Developments in the Theory of Abstract Endangerment Offenses] (Tokyo: Kobundo, March 2012). ISBN 9784335355295.

Conference Papers

1. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “No Responsibility, No Treatment? Exploring the Constitutional Justification for Compulsory Criminal Treatment,” paper presented at the Taiwan–Japan Criminal Law Forum: At the Intersection of Criminal Law and Constitutional Law, Taiwan Criminal Law Association (March 2026).

2. Yu-Wei Hsieh, [in Japanese] “台湾における近時の刑事立法の動向” [Recent Trends in Criminal Legislation in Taiwan], paper presented at the Japan–Taiwan Criminal Law Symposium: A Comparative Study of Criminal Legislation in Japan and Taiwan, Panel I, “Recent Trends in Criminal Legislation in Japan and Taiwan,” Institute of Comparative Law, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (March 8, 2025).

3. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Criminal Law Regulation of AI-Generated Sexual Images,” paper presented at the Conference on Gender and Criminal Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (November 8, 2024).

4. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Criminal Responsibility and Sentencing Principles in Juvenile Criminal Cases: With Reference to Japanese Juvenile Law and the Sentencing Guidelines for Youths in England and Wales,” paper presented at the Conference on the Legal Framework for Sentencing in Juvenile Criminal Cases, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (October 2024).

5. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Does ‘Appearance’ Reflect the Mind? An Analysis of the Causes of Wrongful Conviction in the Che-Wei Hsu Case,” paper presented at the 2022 Taiwan Innocence Project 10th Anniversary Annual Forum, Session on “Wrongful Conviction Research: Reexamining Exoneration Cases,” Taiwan Innocence Project, Taipei, Taiwan (August 2022).

6. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Revisiting the Criminal Liability of Public Officials for Falsely Claiming Salary-Related Expenses: A Commentary on Supreme Court Criminal Judgment No. 1621 of 2020,” paper presented at the Conference on the Relationship Between Public Officials’ Fraudulent Claims for Small Subsidies and Corruption Offenses, Ministry of Justice, Taiwan (December 2021).

7. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Lessons for Taiwan from the Reform of Japan’s Forensic Medicine System,” paper presented at the Conference on the Current State and Development of the Forensic Examination System, College of Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (November 2021).

8. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Due Process and Victim Participation in Juvenile Proceedings: A Commentary on J.Y. Interpretation No. 805,” paper presented at the Conference on the New Juvenile Justice System, Juvenile and Family Department, Judicial Yuan, Judges Academy, Taiwan (online) (September 2021).

9. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Liberty or Security: An Unavoidable Dilemma? A Critical Analysis of J.Y. Interpretation No. 799,” paper presented at the Conference on Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, and Criminal Law, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica & Professor Han Chung-Mo Legal Foundation, College of Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (May 2021).

10. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “A Review of Major Judicial Decisions under the New Criminal Retrial System,” paper presented at the Conference on Wrongful Convictions and Remedies in Criminal Cases, Taiwan Database for Empirical Legal Studies Project, Ministry of Science and Technology, College of Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (March 2021).

11. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “A Commentary on J.Y. Interpretation No. 789: Admissibility of Statements Made by Victims of Sexual Offenses during Police Questioning,” paper presented at the Conference on J.Y. Interpretation No. 789: Balancing Hearsay Exceptions and the Defendant’s Right to Confrontation, Taiwan Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Taipei Bar Association, Judicial Reform Foundation & Center for Criminal Law Studies, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (August 2020).

12. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Victim Participation in Juvenile Proceedings: An Examination and Critique of the Japanese Legal System,” paper presented at the Conference on the Protection of Victims in Juvenile Proceedings, Judicial Yuan, Judges Academy, Taiwan (June 2020).

13. Yu-Wei Hsieh, [in Japanese] “台湾における刑事再審制度の近年の動向” [Recent Developments in Taiwan’s Criminal Retrial System: Four Years of the New Criminal Retrial Regime and the Development of Case Law], paper presented at the 2019 Academic Exchange between Waseda University Law School and National Taiwan University College of Law: Criminal Law Workshop, Waseda University Law School, Tokyo, Japan (October 2019).

14. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Light and Shadow amid Interwoven Narratives: Exploring the Early Thought of Mao-Sheng Lee through A History of Penological Thought in Postwar Japan,” paper presented at the Conference on the Collected Thought of Professor Mao-Sheng Lee, Charitable Trust Fund for the Advancement of Criminal Law and Criminology, College of Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (June 2019).

15. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Criminal Unlawfulness of Discharging Toxic Substances into Environmental Media: Focusing on the Interpretation of the Amended Article 190-1 of the Criminal Code,” paper presented at the Conference on Environmental Criminal Law: Policy and Legal Practice—Issues Concerning the Application of Article 190-1 of the Criminal Code, College of Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (August 2018).

16. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Reconsidering the Theory of Impossible Attempts after the Amendment of the Criminal Code: Focusing on the Criteria and Basis of the Objective-Danger Theory,” paper presented at the Conference on Ten Years after the Amendment of the General Part of the Criminal Code, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan (April 2018).

17. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Prior Convictions, Prior Misconduct, Similar-Fact Evidence, and the Determination of Criminal Facts: A Critical Analysis of Taiwan High Court Criminal Judgment No. 1439 of 2015,” paper presented at the 2017 First Dialogue between Judicial Practice and Academia: Analysis of Noteworthy Criminal Decisions of the Taiwan High Court and Its Subordinate Courts, Taiwan High Court, Taipei, Taiwan (April 2017).

18. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Meaning and Role of the Potential for Rehabilitation in Capital Sentencing: From Supreme Court Criminal Judgment No. 170 of 2013 to No. 984 of 2016,” paper presented at the International Symposium on Evaluation for Capital Sentencing, Judges Academy, Taiwan (November 2016).

19. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Bribery, Influence Peddling, and Unlawful Benefit-Seeking: Comments on Heng-Da Hsu’s ‘A Legislative Proposal for the Offense of Influence-Peddling Bribery’ and Hao Che’s ‘A Doctrinal Construction of “Seeking Improper Benefits” in the Offense of Bribery,’” paper presented at the 7th Cross-Strait Criminal Law Forum, Yunnan, China (August 2016).

20. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Rethinking the Scope of Comprehensive Assessment under Taiwan’s New Criminal Retrial Law in Light of Developments Following Japan’s Shiratori and Saitagawa Decisions,” paper presented at the Conference Marking the First Anniversary of the New Criminal Retrial Law, College of Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (March 2016).

21. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Function of Criminal Law in Food Safety and Risk: The Offense of Food Adulteration and Misrepresentation as a Modern Abstract Endangerment Offense,” paper presented at the 2016 Seminar on Food Safety and Consumer Protection, Judges Academy, Taiwan (March 2016).

22. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Controversies Concerning the Special Offense of Breach of Trust by Financial Institutions,” paper presented at the 8th Engineering Law Symposium, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan (December 2015). MOST Project No. 104-2410-H-002-075-MY2.

23. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Reconsidering the Concept of Property as a Protected Legal Interest through the Types of Constitutive Results in Property Offenses: Focusing on Offenses Involving the Taking of Property and the Acquisition of Pecuniary Benefits,” paper presented at the 6th Cross-Strait Criminal Law Forum: General Theory of Property Offenses, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (October 2015).

24. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “On the Concept of ‘Ausführungshandlung,’” paper presented at the New Trends in Twenty-First-Century Legal Scholarship: Conference Commemorating the Centenary of Professor Han Chung-Mo, College of Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (September 2015). MOST Project No. 102-2410-H-002-217.

25. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “A Preliminary Study of Private-Sector Bribery: Focusing on the Draft Corporate Bribery Prevention Act,” paper presented at the Cross-Strait Criminal Law Conference: Corruption and Criminal Law Regulation, Investigation Bureau, Ministry of Justice, Taiwan (October 2014).

26. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Possibilities and Limits of Reconstructing the Theory of Criminal Omissions from the Perspective of Causation: Comments on Professor Li Hong’s ‘Theory of Exclusive Control: The Dilemma of and a Way Forward for the Theory of Commission by Omission’ and Professor Yu-An Hsu’s ‘Causation and Attribution in Criminal Law: Focusing on Commission by Omission,’” paper presented at the 5th Cross-Strait Criminal Law Forum: Current Developments and Challenges in Criminal Omissions, College of Social Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (September 2014).

27. Yu-Wei Hsieh, [in Japanese] “On Breach of Trust by Managers and Employees of Financial Institutes in Taiwan,” paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the Asian Criminological Society, Session “Economic Crime in East Asia (2): Regulations of Illegal Activities in Stock Market” (Session No. 9427), Osaka University of Commerce, Osaka, Japan (June 2014).

28. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Emergence, Evolution, and Contemporary Significance of the Principle of Restraint in the Use of Criminal Punishment,” paper presented at the Conference on Legal Philosophy and Criminal Law, National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan (March 2014).

29. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Interpretation and Legislative Proposals for the Special Offense of Unlawful Benefit-Seeking,” paper presented at the Conference on the Offense of Unlawful Benefit-Seeking under the Anti-Corruption Act, College of Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (December 2013).

30. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Application of the Concept of ‘Authorized Public Servant’ to Offenses in the Special Part of the Criminal Code,” paper presented at the 7th Dialogue between Academia and Judicial Practice: Observations on the Practical Operation of Amendments to the Special Part of the Criminal Code, Taipei, Taiwan (November 2013).

31. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “An Examination of the Capital Sentencing System,” paper presented at the Conference on the Death Penalty and Taiwanese Society, Taipei, Taiwan (October 2013).

32. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Evaluating Sentencing Factors in Death Penalty Cases: Starting from the Regularization of Oral Arguments before the Supreme Court,” paper presented at the Conference on Oral Arguments in Death Penalty Appeals before the Supreme Court, Taipei, Taiwan (October 2013).

33. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Theory of Concrete Correspondence and the Theory of Abstract Correspondence,” paper presented at the Cross-Strait Criminal Law Forum, Shanxi, China (September 2013).

34. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Role and Function of the Supreme Court in Capital Sentencing: A Comparison of Japan and Taiwan,” paper presented at the East Asian Courts and Legal Transplantation Conference II: The Role and Function of Courts through Landmark Decisions, Taipei, Taiwan (June 2013).

35. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “The Offense of Unlawful Benefit-Seeking in Matters Outside a Public Official’s Authority or Supervision: An Analysis of Selected Supreme Court Decisions,” paper presented at the NCKU Fucheng Criminal Law Forum, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (April 2013).

36. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Reconsidering the Concept of ‘Ausführungshandlung’ from the Perspective of Result-Oriented Wrongfulness,” paper presented at the 2012 Second Cross-Strait Tsing Hua Law Forum: Legal Theory and Technological Development, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (November 2012).

37. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Rethinking the Retributive Meaning of the Death Penalty,” paper presented at the 2012 Conference on Legal Thought and Social Change: Life and Justice, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (September 2012).

38. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Risk Society Theory and Abstract Endangerment Offenses: Toward a Restrictive Interpretation of Modern Abstract Endangerment Offenses,” paper presented at the NCKU Fucheng Criminal Law Forum: Rethinking the Concept of Crime in the Risk Society, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (May 2012).

39. Yu-Wei Hsieh, [in Japanese] “いわゆる危険社会論と犯罪理論：抽象的危険犯の現代的課題” [Risk Society Theory and Criminal Law Theory: Contemporary Issues in Abstract Endangerment Offenses], paper presented at the Workshop “いわゆる危険社会論と犯罪理論” [Risk Society Theory and Criminal Law Theory], 90th Annual Meeting of the Criminal Law Society of Japan, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan (May 2012).

40. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Criminal Legislative Policy on Traffic Offenses: The Abstract Endangerment-Offense Model and the Reasonable Limits of Expanding Criminal Liability to Earlier Stages,” paper presented at the 19th NCCU Criminal Law Week: Control, Exclusion, or Inclusion—Changing Directions in Criminal Policy, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan (March 2012).

Other Publications: Translations, Case Exercises, and Other Writings

1. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Romantic Trap: Mistake Concerning the Relationship between Legally Protected Interests in Sexual Autonomy,” Sharing Law Journal, No. 2, pp. 209–214 (April 2024).

2. Tatsushi Ohno, Kei Yoshinaga & Taku Morimoto, An Introduction to the History of Modern Japanese Legal Thought, trans. Yu-Wei Hsieh, Wan-Yu Chen, Ming-Kai Chen, Wan-Shan Lin & Pei-Hsuan Wei (Taipei: Business Weekly Publications, October 2019).

3. Kanako Takayama, “Recent Japanese Criminal Cases Concerning Freedom of Expression: Focusing on the Regulation of Dance Clubs, Tattooing, and Sexual Expression,” trans. Yu-Wei Hsieh, The Taiwan Law Review, No. 284, pp. 186–198 (January 2019). DOI: 10.3966/102559312019010284011.

4. Honoh Mori, Wrongful Convictions: One Hundred Possibilities of Miscarriages of Justice, trans. Yu-Wei Hsieh, Wei-Te Hung, Chia-Cheng Liu, Bin Sun, Li-Wei Pai, Shih-Hsuan Hung, Cheng-Yang Chao, Ting-Yu Kuo, Jung Yen & Ting-Han Lin; supervised by Mao-Sheng Lee (Taipei: Business Weekly Publications, November 2015). ISBN 9789862729205.

5. Yu-Wei Hsieh, “Learning from Abroad: An Introduction to Foreign Law Schools—Criminal Law in Japan”, The Taiwan Law Review, No. 179, pp. 214-221 (April 2010).

6. Kanako Takayama, “Recent Criminal Legislation in Japan under Political Leadership,” trans. Yu-Wei Hsieh, The Taiwan Law Review, No. 172, pp. 138–152 (September 2009).