Judicial Yuan
司法院
Taiwan’s highest judicial body, which runs the administration of the courts and houses the Constitutional Court; it sets the courts’ information systems and the rules judges follow in using them.
The Judicial Yuan is one of the five branches of government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Its president and vice-president are also Constitutional Court justices, and its departments, including criminal affairs, civil affairs and information management, run the administration of the courts nationwide.
In 2023 the Judicial Yuan developed a system to have AI draft judgments in “unsafe driving” and “aiding fraud” cases, then suspended the trial. In April 2026 it issued reference guidelines on the use of AI systems by itself and its subordinate agencies, and that year it gave judges Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Sources
- 司法院審慎發展生成式AI應用，以撰寫刑事裁判草稿初試啼聲 (Judicial Yuan, accessed 2026-10-31)
- 司法院函頒司法院及所屬各機關使用人工智慧系統參考指引 (Judicial Yuan, Judicial Weekly, accessed 2026-10-31)
In our stories
Official documents: press releases and immediate clarifications from the Judicial Yuan from August 2023 to October 2026, the Judicial Yuan’s Judicial Weekly and district courts’ press releases; the Judicial Yuan chapter …
The “AI draft judgments” halted three years ago have still not gone live →
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