In the analysis of Chiang Tsu-ning, head of the Secretariat of the Grand Justices, most of the private petitions raised over the years have revolved around basic constitutional rights. In earlier years, petitions concerning property rights and the right to equality be fore the law dominated.
而根據大法官書記處處長蔣次寧分析，歷年來人民所提出的聲請案，主要乃圍繞在憲法所賦予的基本人權上，早期以財產權、平等權較多，近年來則偏重在人權、男女平權、自由權等議題。