QUANTITATIVE AND VISUALIZED INTERPRETATION OF PUBLIC WORKS CIVIL LITIGATION SCENARIO OF FIRST INSTANCE REVIEW IN TAIWAN

Authors

Hsien-Sang Wu, Department of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Chung Li 32011, Taiwan, R.O.C.Follow
John Chien-Chung Li, Department of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Chung Li 32011, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Jeng-Rong Lee, Department of Construction Engineering, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 81148, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Wen-Yen Wu, Department of Public Policy and Management, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 84001, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Abstract

Existing studies regarding public works disputes and claims have drawn on small-scale cases to the exclusion of other cases and few have met the requirements of statistical tests. This paper performs an investigation of a total of 400 cases of civil litigation in which owners lost their disputes in Taiwan High Courts and branches between 1999 and 2008. Category analysis coding is used to construct a Log-linear model for judgment decisions; this model is augmented by Multiple Correspondence Analysis to reduce judicial opinions of over 4 million words to a two-dimensional figure, allowing for visual interpretation and identifying specific cases for future examination. The primary findings were: (1) the Government Procurement Law has contribute to shortening litigation times; (2) professional engineering agencies are easily involved in lawsuits, (3) the First-Instance judgments affirmed rate by High Courts is 52.38%; (4) the rejection of the First Instance review of court houses in different regions are different.

Recommended Citation

Wu, Hsien-Sang; Li, John Chien-Chung; Lee, Jeng-Rong; and Wu, Wen-Yen (2011) "QUANTITATIVE AND VISUALIZED INTERPRETATION OF PUBLIC WORKS CIVIL LITIGATION SCENARIO OF FIRST INSTANCE REVIEW IN TAIWAN," Journal of Marine Science and Technology: Vol. 19: Iss. 2, Article 11.
DOI: 10.51400/2709-6998.2154
Available at: https://jmstt.ntou.edu.tw/journal/vol19/iss2/11