| According to the Academic Degrees Law, university regulations for revoking academic degrees can be categorized into five types: disciplinary regulations, non-academic standard regulations, academic standard regulations, revocation procedural regulations, and review procedural regulations. The Academic Degrees Law provides the legal basis for non-academic standard regulations, and without other legal grounds, universities do not have the authority to establish disciplinary regulations independently. Following the principle of legal precedence, the Academic Degrees Law serves as the higher-level legal standard for all types of regulations concerning degree revocation, establishing a "prescriptive" relationship wherein universities may only "implement" but not "create" revocation standards.The Academic Degrees Law sets minimum requirements for procedural regulations, where revocation and review decision procedures are classified as rights-protecting procedures that should adhere to the principles of due process, while review application procedures are obligation-based and must follow the principle of procedural legality. For both educational administrative authorities and universities, the normative effect of the Academic Degrees Law can be understood from both positive and negative perspectives: the former requires ensuring the legality of newly established regulations, and the latter mandates the elimination of any inconsistencies or conflicts between existing regulations and the provisions of the Academic Degrees Law. Accordingly, universities should refer to the requirements in Article 22 of the Academic Degrees Law to improve regulation formulation procedures, establish a classification-based recordation and review system, and develop a regulatory clearing mechanism led by educational administrative authorities and implemented by universities. |
