Women and Justice: Keywords

Domestic Case Law

司法院大法官會議第410號解釋 (J.Y. Interpretation No.410) Supreme Court of Taiwan (1996)


Gender discrimination, Property and inheritance rights

A Supreme Court precedent from 1966 held that property obtained by a wife during the continuance of a marriage, but which cannot be proved separate property or contributed property, belongs to the husband. The amendment of the Civil Code in 1985 under the authority of Article 7 of the Constitution emphasizes gender equity and invalidates this Supreme Court precedent.

最高法院1966年的一個判例認為,妻子在婚姻存續期間獲得的財產,如果不能證明該財產是與原有財產分離的或妻子對其有貢獻,則該財產屬於丈夫。依憲法第7條規定,1985年修正後的民法強調性別平等,並不再援用最高法院此一判例。