A Study On Children’s Last Name: Evaluation Of The Responsiveness On Practices Of Civil LawAmendments On Relative Relations

• Main Authors: Chou, Ching-Hua, 周靜華
• Other Authors: Dr. Chen, Yao-Hsiang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/60930479105329283211

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 公共行政暨政策學系碩士在職專班 === 100 === Ever since the amendments on relative relations in the Civil Laws on May 23rd, 2007, the progress was that children were supposed to follow their father’s last name in the beginning, then changed to letting the parents decide which last name their children should follow; the purpose of this policy was to actively practice the principle of gender equality. Later, as the Civil Laws were amended again on April 30th, 2010, children nowadays are capable of deciding which last name THEY want to follow without needing approvals from their parents. This significant transformation on the surname system was an important monument for our modernization of identity laws. Thus, this study adopts the method for evaluations on responsiveness; through analyzing documents, focus group discussions, and depth interviews, information required is to be collected. Except for founding the basis through analyzing documents and relevant theories, one focal group discussion shall be held; on the other hand, depth interviews with people from three aspects: the first, policy executers; secondly, the public; the last aspect are social groups, scholars and experts. The interviews are held in hope of collecting the claims, concerns, and issues from the interviewees that have certain stake in this subject matter of legal policy on the aspects of “social environments”, “legal regulations”, “policy executions”. Meanwhile, statistics from both domestic and foreign regions shall be analyzed, too, so that the laws reforming and executing conditions of the policy of “surname agreement for children” and “surname autonomy for adults” can be evaluated, as well as providing a reference for practicing the surname autonomy for children in the future. Additionally, the main directions on the researches of this study are consisted of three aspects: for the responsiveness evaluation on “executing institutes”, there are eleven constructive questions; for the “public”, there are eight of the questions, and for “social groups, scholars and experts” there are totally fourteen of the questions to evaluate the responsiveness. Finally, the suggestion to the policy in this study is offered according to the discoveries in researches, and is based upon the research contents in each chapter; also, eleven corresponding measures are also drawn, following the three research aspects, in hope of providing advice on the revolutions in legal policies of children’s surname autonomy.