Taiwan Constitutional Court Judgment 111-Hsien-Pan-18 (2022)

Does the retroactive nature of new provisions on confiscation of the proceeds of crime violate the principle of nulla poena sine lege (the principle of no penalty without law), the principle of lex retro non agit (the principle of non-retroactivity), and the principle of legitimate expectation (Vertrauensschutz) and, consequently, infringe the right of the Taiwanese people to protection of property under the Constitution? ... More