International Law in Action: Domestic and Global Legal Affairs Viewed through a Legal Prism
International Law in Action: Domestic and Global Legal Affairs Viewed through a Legal Prism

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International Law in Action: Domestic and Global Legal Affairs Viewed through a Legal Prism

By Jaemin Lee
Routledge November 2025

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ISBN-13
9781032818573
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
November 2025
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book provides an indispensable source for understanding Korean economic and political views. It compiles select news commentaries on the impact of international law on Korean domestic markets and politics from 2010-2020.

Each section of the book begins with an original essay by the author discussing core issues covered by the news commentaries. Articles then follow after, providing at-the-time analysis of the interactions between international law and international relations, as well as the interaction between domestic and international law. Many of the issues, such as China-US relations and refugee policy, are of global relevance, and the thematic clusters will give the readers and students a picture of:

  • how international law actually operates in the field
  • how international law and international relations interact, and
  • how legal discourse is taking place in the global and domestic community in this process

Written with a colloquial tone and colourful idioms, this supplementary reading is perfect for students looking to enrich their understanding of how law lies behind newspaper headlines. It will also be of interest to scholars and instructors of international economic law, Korean studies, and international relations.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Law as a Critical Component of Domestic Society – Stipulating Norms and Resolving Disputes
1. Stay Vigilant When Exports Hit Record
2. Entitlement to a Perfect Vacation?
3. No Rest for a Busy Country
4. A High Bar For Political Asylum In Korea
5. Oops, Korea Labeled As Tax Haven
6. Time To Play It Cool
7. Despite 20-year Deregulation Drive, Businesses Still Concerned Over Red Tape
8. Defining ‘Cyber Attacks’
9. Shifting into Reverse Gear?
10. Uber Battle Moves to Seoul
11. Here Come the Hearings Again
12. Ending 18 Years of Controversy
13. No More Gifts and No More Lunches
14. Responsible Parliamentary Audit
15. Divided and Adrift
16. Detail National Issues for the Record
17. Will Minimum Wage Hike Step Up Automation?
18. In the National Assembly We Trust
19. Unique Problem of Graying Korea
20. Not a Good Time for Divisive Politics
21. Jeju a Testing Ground for Refugee Policy
22. How Many Hours Do You Work?
23. Still Torn Between Two Cities
24. New Technology, the New Economy and Overregulation
25. Debates, Sufficient Deliberations Key to Legislative Process
26. Supreme Court is Swamped
27. Checks and Balances Key to ‘Prosecution-Police’ Debate
28. Global Games of Chicken
29. Supreme Court’s Pivotal Decision
30. Remember-Me-Not and Korea
31. South Korea’s birth rate has become a national emergency

III. Law as a Critical Component for the Global Community – Achievements and Challenges for a Rules-Based System
1. The price for a Korean peace treaty
2. Searching for Effective Countermeasure
3. Treaty of Ganghwa of 1876
4. Settlement of Comfort Women Issue
5. Why Do We Keep Losing This Game?
6. Strategic Ambiguity and Paralysis
7. A Warm Breeze from Cuba 106
8. A Peace Treaty – More Complex Than It Seems
9. Struggling in China
10. A rough start to the new year
11. Forgotten Procedural Checkboxes
12. Will this dose of sanctions work?
13. Red Line?: NK’s 6th nuclear test
14. Two Koreas finally recognize two Koreas
15. To make peace, declaring the war is over is an important first step
16. With progress on denuclearization, economic cooperation projects ready to roll
17. South Korea's Thaad trilemma a tricky balancing act
18. TPP, A Victim of Its Own Success?
19. Iran Deal’s Implications for Korea
20. Spirit and Violation of Bilateral Pacts
21. Bringing chorus back to KORUS
22. Start small, think big on cooperation with NK
23. Korea Caught In The Middle Again
24. What went wrong? It’s time to look at the military’s security posture
25. Peaceful, But Not Peaceful March

IV. International Organizations and NGOs – Contributions and Limitations in Various Sectors
1. Law on the Return of Artifacts
2. Fast and Steady Wins the Race
3. A New Paradigm for Effective Aid
4. A Bumpy Road for the GGGI
5. Time to Eradicate IUU Fishing
6. Greenpeace’s “Nuclear Emergency” Campaign in Seoul
7. Korea and Illegal Fishing
8. Korea Exits Fishing Blacklist
9. Our Ocean, Our Future
10. The UN-Condemned Mandatory Medical Testing
11. Money is Fungible
12. A Whale of a Departure
13. Greater Role as UNSC Member
14. Cooperation From Bali to Bali
15. Knowledge Sharing Program
16. A Red Card from Brussels?
17. What Happened in 1362 and 2012
18. Climate Change Convention with Binding Teeth
19. Subsidies for Civil Aircraft Development
20. WTO Accession: Here Comes Russia
21. WTO’s New Director-General at a Critical Juncture
22. The Perfect Not the Enemy of the Good
23. Seeking Scientific Rationale
24. A Whale of a Science Project
25. The High Cost of Financial Distrust

V. International Law in the Field – Disputes, Treaties and International Courts
1. Disputes in the East China Sea
2. Racing Against the Clock
3. Issues in FTA with China
4. Elephant in the Room
5. Pirates, Private Security Firms, Consuls
6. Sharing Benefits of FTA – But How?
7. Hot Pursuit, Cold Relations
8. Nonbinding, Amicable Procedure Does Not Just Bark, It Bites, Too
9. Cheonan and U.N. Security Council
10. A Whaling War in The Hague
11. One Treaty, Two Interpretations
12. Chasing Two Targets in Oil Imports
13. Who Are Subject to Treaties?
14. A Rare Rush to Apple’s Rescue
15. To Err is Human, But Not Granted
16. From Coral Reefs to a Power Hub
17. International Law and Sea Dispute
18. Tricky Path Ahead: Triangular Talks
19. Better Late than Never
20. Tackling Non-Tarriff Barriers
21. Here Comes the Korea-EU FTA
22. FTAs and Trade Remedy Measures
23. Perils of Investment Disputes
24. Trade Disputes and Domestic Policies
25. The FTA Journey Has Just Begun
26. Rare Earths Require Rare Solution
27. Korea’s First International Investment Dispute
28. An SPS Dispute on the Horizon?
29. Time for Rice Tariffication
30. It Is All About NTBs
31. Writing the Rules on Trade
32. CPTPP is a Good Club to Join, but Membership Fee is a Question
33. Just One Word, but a Sea of Difference
34. Korean-made Civil Aircraft Soars
35. BSE Doesn’t Light Candles This Time
36. Final Ending of Lone Star Story

VI. Outer Parameters of Law - Limitations of Legal Discourse
1. Sweet Dream, Harsh Reality Jumbled Up
2. H1N1, G-20 and Vaccines
3. Who is Paying the Price?
4. Law Enforcement Beyond Borders
5. Battle over Google’s Search List
6. New EU Rules to Protect Personal Data
7. Striking a Balance Between Data and Privacy: A Second Try
8. Long Overdue: Refugee Review System Overhaul
9. Yuan Duel Looming in Seoul
10. Customs Rules Behind the Times
11. Regulation of Foreign Exchange Market
12. Global Competition, Fragmented Disposition
13. Calm Needed in Costco Fiasco
14. In Case of Doubt, Let Competition Prevail
15. Is Pandora’s Box Open?: The Specter of Regulatory Subsidies
16. The G-20 Summit in Seoul and Beyond
17. Bank Bailouts: Too Aggressive To Fail
18. New Concept for Action Against Genocide
19. Laudable but Misplaced: EU's Aviation ETS Tax
20. To Make a Long Story Short
21. Defining Collective Self-Defense
22. War of Public Corporations
23. New Dilemma on Digital Privacy
24. AI Changes Everything, but How Far Can It Go?
25. Rise of AI demands global leaders act fast on regulation
26. EU must rethink carbon border tax to sidestep legal problems
VII. Concluding Thoughts
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