雨送黃昏花易落：從裁判書看法院對婚姻暴力之態度

Flowers Falling with the Rain at Dark: Judges’ Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence based on Verdiets

家庭暴力防治法施行至今已近七年，近來仍然聽聞名模、新聞女主播婚後遭夫毆打、議員婚後忍受家暴十年之久，就連光鮮亮麗的名女人在家中也可能是家庭暴力的受害者。國內的家暴通報案件逐年上升，這些受虐婦女80%有憂鬱症傾向，60%有創傷後壓力症候群，50%有受虐婦女症候群（2），輕者可能焦慮、缺乏自信，嚴重者甚至可能自殺。這些受暴婦女所經歷的，並不是少數個別家庭才有的不幸狀況。暗夜中的哭聲，已是整個台灣社會的問題，不應再等閒視之。執行家庭暴力防治法的實務運作機關，最主要為警察機關、社政單位、以及法院。法院為被害人能否取得保護令、能否獲判離婚之最後決定者，在家庭暴力防治網絡中扮演重要角色。本文將以法院裁判書為資料，探討法院對婚姻暴力的態度，承辦法官的性別意識為何、是否有性別偏見，法官的性別意識對家暴案件之處理有何影響。盼望本文的提出能使家庭暴力的問題更為人所重視，並且使讀者對家庭暴力這個議題有更進一步的認識。

The enforcement of Domestic Violence Prevention Law in Taiwan has been almost 8 years, and we still frequently hear many female celebrities, such as famous model, news reporter, city legislator, suffered from domestic violence. The number of reports has been increased each year, among them, 80% suffered from depression, 60% PTSD, 50% battered women syndrome. The less serious victims might feel anxious, lack of confidence, and the serious victims might even commit suicide. What they have experienced is not exceptional, crying in the dark has been become a social problem in Taiwan, and it should never be overlooked. The implementation of Domestic Violence Prevention Law usually involves police, social service department and the court. The court as a crucial actor in the domestic violence prevention network, decides if the victims can get protection orders or divorce later. This study, a based on the verdict documents, tries to see if the judges are gender biased, and the impacts of their gender sense on domestic violence cases. It is hoped that the study findings will call more attention of the public, and enhance the readers’ understandings of domestic violence.