Chen Chung-wu
{{Short description|Taiwanese legal scholar}}
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Chen Chung-wu ({{zh|t=陳忠五}}) is a Taiwanese legal scholar.
Life
Chen was raised in Tianwei, Changhua County. He earned a bachelor's and master's degree in law at National Taiwan University, then practiced law in Taiwan, specializing in the pursuit of counterfeiters, before completing a Doctor of Law at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. Chen returned to Taiwan and joined the NTU faculty in 1997, then in 2011 was appointed to a distinguished professorship.{{cite news |title=Chung-Wu Chen |url=http://www.law.ntu.edu.tw/index.php/full-time-professor-e/item/311-chung-wu-chen#gsc.tab=0 |access-date=5 June 2023 |publisher=National Taiwan University College of Law}}{{cite news |last1=房 |first1=荷庭 |title=重視社會弱勢族群權益 台大法律特聘教授陳忠五獲大法官提名 |url=https://udn.com/news/story/123416/7200425 |access-date=6 June 2023 |work=United Daily News |date=30 May 2023 |language=zh}}
In May 2023, President Tsai Ing-wen nominated Chen to the Constitutional Court.{{cite news |last1=Yeh |first1=Su-ping |last2=Kao |first2=Evelyn |title=Judge, law professor among president's Constitutional Court picks |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202305300019 |access-date=5 June 2023 |agency=Central News Agency |date=30 May 2023}} Republished as: {{cite news |title=Taiwan News Quick Take: Tsai nominates judges |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/06/05/2003801004 |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=Taipei Times |date=5 June 2023}} His nomination was approved in a special session of the Legislative Yuan,{{cite news |title=#METOO/Legislature to hold special sessions on court nominations, gender equality laws |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202306120020 |access-date=8 December 2024 |agency=Central News Agency |date=12 June 2023}} despite a Kuomintang boycott of the proceedings.{{cite news |title=Legislature confirms new grand justices amid opposition boycott |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202306210013 |access-date=8 December 2024 |agency=Central News Agency |date=21 June 2023}} Republished as: {{cite news |title=Legislature approves grand justice picks |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/06/21/2003801935 |access-date=8 December 2024 |date=21 June 2023}}{{cite news |title=Tsai’s grand justice nominees approved |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/06/22/2003801982 |access-date=8 December 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=22 June 2023}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:20th-century Taiwanese lawyers
Category:Taiwanese legal scholars
Category:Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University alumni
Category:Taiwanese expatriates in France