ROC Taiwan 2002

ROC Yearbook 2002

Government
As part of the Double Ten National Day celebrations, a group of high school students participates in a drawing contest of the Office of the President.
  1. The Constitution
    1. Constitutional Rights and Freedoms
    2. Government, Economic, and Social Policies
  2. Governmental Structure
  3. The Presidency
    1. Functions
    2. Special Powers
      1. Nominating Officials
      2. Resolving Inter-Branch Disputes
      3. Exercising Emergency Powers
      4. Dissolving the Legislative Yuan
    3. The Office of the President
      1. Administration
      2. Subordinate Offices
  4. The National Assembly
    1. Delegates
  5. Five Government Branches
    1. Executive Yuan
      1. Executive Yuan Council
      2. Ministries and Other Organizations
      3. Relationship with the Legislative Yuan
      4. Relationship with the Judicial Yuan
      5. Relationship with the Examination Yuan
      6. Relationship with the Control Yuan
      7. Legal Affairs
    2. Legislative Yuan
      1. Functions and Powers
      2. Election and Tenure of Office
      3. Immunity and Restrictions
      4. Organization and Functions
    3. Judicial Yuan
      1. The Council of Grand Justices
      2. Interpretation of the Constitution
      3. Unified Interpretation of Laws and Ordinances
      4. The Constitutional Court
      5. Commission on the Disciplinary Sanctions of Public Functionaries
      6. The ROC Court System
      7. District Courts
      8. High Courts
      9. The Supreme Court
      10. The Supreme and High Administrative Courts
      11. Judicial Reform
    4. Examination Yuan
      1. Organization and Functions
      2. Examinations
      3. Civil Servants
    5. Control Yuan
      1. Organization
      2. Members
      3. Functions
  6. Provincial Government
    1. The Role of the Provincial Government
      1. The Provisional Statute on the Adjustment of the Function, Business, and Organization of the Taiwan Provincial Government
    2. The Fujian Provincial Government
  7. Special Municipality Government
    1. Taipei City Government
    2. Kaohsiung City Government
    3. City Councils
      1. City Government and Council Relationship
  8. County and Provincial Municipality Governments
    1. City Ranking
    2. Cities and Townships under County Governments
    3. Villages and Boroughs
  9. Reinvention of Government
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Freedom and democracy are more than just slogans in the Republic of China (ROC). They are the tangible results of constitutional government and rule of law. This chapter outlines the Republic of China's Constitution and governmental system. First, the essential concepts of the Constitution are explained, followed by a description of various units of the central government. This chapter concludes with a description of the municipal and local governments. Readers may locate information on a specific government agency most quickly by first referring to the index at the back of this book.


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