須從整個台灣法律發展的大架構及歷程，來理解2007至2009這三年所發生的重大事件並詮釋其意義。首先欲觀察的是，原就領土即具虛構性的中華民國法制，是否由於2008年5月20日政黨再輪替為國民黨執政，而從李扁時代的事實上將台灣當成領土，改變為在原有領土宣稱下自居為「地區性」法制及政府？其次，由於有陳水扁這位「超級被告」之故，台灣法學界得以深究許多刑事訴訟程序上的爭議，包括羈押制度長久以來的缺失，並正視刑事被告之人權保障。從該案亦可看出法院仍有不被民眾信賴的「歷史共業」，但倘若將來法院皆能秉持在扁案中所持的標準，對待所有的政治人物，則何嘗不是一個台灣政治向上提升、司法獲得民眾信賴的轉機。中華民國民法典亦有許多重大修改，延續這部來自民國時代中國、源自西歐的民法典，自1990年代以來的在地化趨勢，並表現出「民事財產法的擁抱習慣與民事身分法的告別傳統」。伴隨的是，原住民族民事習慣被納入國家法的可能性增高，整個國家法已較友善地看待原住民族法律傳統。

The significance of the legal events in Taiwan during the 2007-2009 period depends on the whole structure and development of legal history of Taiwan. Accordingly, there are three important events deserving our special attention. Since the legal fiction that the territory of the ROC included Mainland China did not exist as a matter of fact, the Lee-Chen regimes (1988-2008) advocated Taiwan was a state, which territory factually did not include Mainland China. It is doubtful whether the Ma Adimistration wining the presidential election in 2008 returns to the assertation that Mainland China is a part of the territory of the ROC, but regards itself as a regional government only within the territory. Just because the former President Chen become a ”supra defendant,” the legal issues relating to the human rithts of the detained in the criminal procedure and so on have been seriously discussed by the Grand Justices, the legal community, and even the general public. Judging from the popular reaction toward the decision made by the court of first instance in the Chen's case, the Taiwan's court is still not trusted by the publich. The Taiwan's Civil Code derived from the Western Europe and Republic China has adopted more customs in the field of property law, but rejected the Chinese legal traditions in the field of family law and inheritance law. Meanwhile, the possibility to incorporate the customs of indigenous peoples into the state's law has increased recently.