The Spirit of Korean Law: Korean Legal History in Context

Author: Marie Seong-Hak Kim
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
ISBN: 9789004290778
Published In: November 2015
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
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This is the first book on Korean legal history in English written by a group of leading scholars from around the world. The chapters set forth the developments of Korean law from the Chosŏn to colonial and modern periods through the examination of codified laws, legal theories and practices, and jurisprudence.

The contributors’ shared premise is that the evolution of Korean law can be best understood when viewed in terms of its interactions with outside laws. Each chapter integrates literature in Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Western languages into comprehensive analyses to make up-to-date research available to readers both inside and outside Korea.

This volume provides a solid framework from which to approach Korean legal history in the perspective of comparative legal traditions.

Preface

Introduction: Searching for the Spirit of Korean Law

Marie Seong-Hak Kim

Part 1 Legal Codes and Institutions of the Chosŏn Dynasty

The Chosŏn Law Codes in an East Asian Perspective

Jérôme Bourgon and Pierre-Emmanuel Roux

Circulation of Law and Jurisprudence in Korea and China: Homicide and the Notion of Requital for Life

Frédéric Constant

Confucian Ideology and Legal Developments in Chosŏn Korea: A Methodological Essay

Anders Karlsson

Part 2 Law and the Legal System under Colonial Rule

The Rise of Korean Constitutional Thought (1875–1945): An East Asian Perspective