Book Talk | Attack on Citizens: Why Does State Violence Become Excessive-or Fail to Act?
Last edited: 2026-08-30
Think about law through social issues-and use law to reflect on those issues. A guide to understanding the society around you.
*Attack on Citizens: A Legal Guide to Exploring Social Issues* starts from real events in Taiwan, cuts through the noise of policy slogans, and asks readers to think about what law is for. The goal is to give readers standards they can use to make their own judgments amid a fog of competing claims.
Whether we like it or not, we live behind walls built by politicians and the media. Everyday noise can make reality hard to see. Should fake news be regulated? What does populism do to democracy? How far should transitional justice go? These questions are like the monsters in *Attack on Titan*: if we refuse to confront them, we risk being consumed by them.
The choice also resembles the world of *Attack on Titan*. Some people stay behind the walls, preferring a fragile peace built on ignorance and fear. Others refuse to remain blind and vulnerable; they climb the wall, try to see the world as it really is, and confront the giants in order to reclaim genuine autonomy.
About the Author
Wang Ting-Yu
Editor-in-Chief of the Plain Law Movement website; adjunct lecturer in the Departments of Law at Soochow University and Providence University; doctoral candidate at Soochow University School of Law, specializing in law and the aging society; and master's student in sociology. He enjoys writing and reading with a slight buzz. He previously served as a law clerk to a Grand Justice in a national historic monument, where he observed the making of many constitutional moments. He imagines a world in which people could share resources and respect one another even without government.
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Time
November 21, 2021 (Sun.), 14:00-15:30
Location
JRF Taichung Office (No. 845, Sec. 2, Taiwan Blvd., Xitun Dist., Taichung City)
Moderator
Chang Hua-Che / Legal Specialist, JRF Taichung Office
Speaker
Wang Ting-Yu / Author; Editor-in-Chief, Plain Law Movement
How to Participate
Participants may join online or in person. Online participants will receive a livestream link. In-person attendance is limited to 30 people; people placed on the waitlist will also receive the livestream link.
Books purchased on site are available for NT$260 and include the author's autograph.
Organizers
Plain Law Movement
New Sharing Culture Enterprise Co., Ltd.
This article is an AI-generated translation of the original Chinese text. In the event of any discrepancy, the Chinese version shall prevail.