Talking Taiwan Podcast [Ep 203]: John Eastwood: Discusses Areas in Need of Legal Reform in Taiwan

Awesome episode featuring a former moderator!

Some topics covered:

  • Legal reforms that John has seen happen in Taiwan
  • Issues that are in need of legal reform
  • The Anti-banditry Act (aka The Act for the Control and Punishment of Banditry)
  • The case of a man who decapitated a child in Taiwan
  • What does it mean to be not guilty by reason of insanity
  • The need for increased awareness and understanding of mental health and mental illness when it comes to making judgments on criminal cases
  • Cases of elder abuse fraud in Taiwan and conservatorship
  • How John’s firm has helped to safeguard their elderly clients’ assets
  • How elder fraud is not just an “old person’s” issue but also a “young person’s” issue
  • How difficult it is to undo things once fraud had been committed
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