Sat, Oct 21, 2000 - Page 8 News List

Nuclear power and people's rights

By Yen Chen-an

In fact, selfishness is not necessarily bad in a modern market-oriented economy, but there have to be legal limits. In fact, mere majority agreement at the legislature does not make for legitimacy. The justice that derives from a proper, legitimate procedure -- an important point Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has previously emphasized -- is the inviolable bottom line. Let the residents of Kungliao and Orchid Island "legitimately" oppose authoritarianism!

Yen Chueh-an is an associate professor of law at National Taiwan University.

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