被併吞的滋味：戰後初期臺灣在地法律人才的處境與遭遇

A Taste of Being Annexed: The Conditions and Predicaments of the N ative Taiwanese Legal Talents during the Early Years of the Post-war Era

日治時期引進西方式法律制度後，開啟了臺灣人學習法律的契機，因而在戰後初期留下了一批臺灣在地的法律人才。本文從政治領域、專業領域及法學教育三方面，考察這批臺灣在地法律人才戰後初期的處境與遭遇。整體而言，在中國「報奴化」與「中國化」的基本政策下，臺灣在地法律人才面臨「人才否定」的困境。政治領域方面，日治時期行政體系菁英的高等文官經歷成為負面遺產，臺灣在地法律人材若想要在行政體系內謀求發展，唯有順應中國官場習慣，依附派系或透過人際關係。

During the colonial period, the Japanese government introduced a western-style legal system to Taiwan and the Taiwanese were henceforth exposed to modern legal knowledge and practice. In 1945, when World War II ended Japan's colonial rule in Taiwan, there was a group of Taiwanese literati with substantial legal training, called as the 'native legal elite'herein. From the aspects of political circumstances, legal profession and legal education, this article examines the conditions and the pre-dicaments of the native legal elite during the early years when Taiwan was under the rule of the Chinese Nationalist Party(KMT)regime.