A Recent Petition for Party Dissolution and Militant Democracy in Taiwan

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—Shih-An Wang, Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University; Doctor of Jurisprudence (JSD), University of Chicago Law School Introduction Militant democracy remains one of the most debated concepts in comparative constitutional scholarship, and it is facing a critical test in Taiwan. In August 2026, the Taiwanese government petitioned the Taiwan Constitutional Court (TCC) to dissolve the Chinese Unification Promotion Party (CUPP), a minor political party in Taiwan that advocates unification with China. This will soon be the first time for the TCC to handle party dissolution since the mechanism was adopted under Article 5 of the Additional Articles…

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