關廠工人案的法律動員

Legal Mobilization in The Case Of Closed Factory Workers

本文討論關廠工人在2012年到2014年的法律動員過程。關廠工人案的法律動員是台灣社會晚近幾年最重要的法律動員之一。它也影響後面幾個重要社會運動和法律動員，包括了洪仲丘案和太陽花運動。關廠工人的法律動員可分為三個面向，一是律師界，二是法律學界（含學者及學生），三則是法院。
關廠工人案的法律動員會成功是因為它有一個很強的支持結構。在關廠工人案中，社會運動團體串連起了關廠工人、公益律師和法律扶助基金會、法律學者和學生去說服法官。本文同時論證，雖然本案中法律動員相當成功對於案件本身有相當重大的影響，但它的重要性還是次於社會運動本身。

In this paper, we will analyze the legal mobilization and its impact on the Closed Factory Workers Case, 2012-2014. The lawsuit of the Closed Factory Workers Case was one of the most significant lawsuits in recent Taiwanese social movements and has acted as a precedent for several social movements and legal mobilizations, including the Hung Chung-Chiu Case and the Sunflower Movement. This paper will analyze the three major groups that engaged in the legal mobilization of the Closed Factory Workers Case lawsuit: lawyers, legal academics, including law professors and students, and judges. The reason legal mobilization of the Closed Factory Workers Case accomplished its objectives effectively was that there was a strong support structure. In the Closed Factory Workers Case, social movement organizations unified closed factory workers, cause lawyers, legal aid foundations, law professors, and law students to persuade judges. We argue that although the legal mobilization was significantly successful and had a substantial impact on the result of the Closed Factory Workers Case; its importance was second to its social movement strategies.