A Study on the Litigation of Buddhist Temples in Taiwan—Based on the Cases Mentioned in “Buddhist Temple Quarterly Magazine”

[[abstract]]目前關於宗教立法相關文獻眾多，但多為大方向的探討，對於細部的處理較為不足，並未探究其實際爭訟之因素。本文以中華佛寺協會所出版的《佛寺季刊》中的爭訟案例為主軸，透過真實爭訟案例，統計出案例最多與影響層面最廣的主題，依主題進行案例探討分析，希望藉由本論文的研究成果，能對將來的宗教法立法有參考的價值。 本文透過文獻分析法將《佛寺季刊》至今所報導過的案例內容，依爭訟因素歸納出相同主題，並以表格方式呈現清楚其爭訟情形。綜合以上所得，再進行比較分析與個案分析，進一步去探討解決與改善的方法。 依本論文從《佛寺季刊》案例統計出四大爭訟，分別為「納骨塔」、「行政」、「所有權」、「管理權」四大類別，並呈現出其比例分佈。筆者將選擇影響性最廣的「所有權」，以及案件量最多的「管理權」兩大類別做案件的探討。 There are a great number of literatures related to religion legislation, but many only discuss general trends without refined attention to details such as actual causes of action. In this article, we take the actual law suits reported by Buddhist Temple Quarterly Magazine published by Chinese Buddhist Temple Association as major subject to find out the most common and wide spread topic for further case study and analysis in the hope of providing valuable reference for the future religion legislation. In this article, we adopted document analysis method to summarize the common topics according to causes of actions from all cases reported by Buddhist Temple Quarterly Magazine to date, which are presented in tables to clearly outline actual lawsuit situations. In addition, we then conducted comparison analysis and case-by-case analysis to further probe into means for solution and improvement. The four kinds of lawsuits summarized from Buddhist Temple Quarterly Magazine are: Ossuaire, Administration, Ownership and Management rights, which are presented according to respective proportion. The author selected the ownership lawsuits, as being the most influential, and the management lawsuits, as being the most commonly happened, for discussion and research