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Informationen zum Autor Translated by Sun Joo Kim and Jungwon Kim Klappentext This collection presents and analyzes inquest records that tell the stories of ordinary Korean people under the Choson court (1392-1910). Extending the study of this period, usually limited to elites, into the realm of everyday life, each inquest record includes a detailed postmortem examination and features testimony from everyone directly or indirectly related to the incident. The result is an amazingly vivid, colloquial account of the vibrant, multifaceted sociocultural and legal culture of early modern Korea. "This book provides an extremely rare view into social interactions among people of quite different classes in Choson Korea. Points of interest abound." --Robert E. Hegel, Washington University, St. Louis "This is an important contribution that significantly advances our knowledge of nineteenth-century Korean legal history. The translated cases shine by being able to introduce daily struggles of nonelites and illustrate the complex dynamics of the judiciary system during the last century of the Choson dynasty." -Jisoo Kim, George Washington University Zusammenfassung Presents and analyzes inquest records that tell the stories of ordinary Korean people under the Choson court (1392-1910). This book offers an account of the vibrant! multifaceted societal and legal cultures of early modern Korea. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Translators' Notes Map of Nineteenth-century Korea Introduction Choson Korea in Its Last Century Case 1 An Adulterous Widower Meets a Violent Death Yang Hang-nyon (P'yongyang, P'yongan Province, 1866) Case 2 A Family Activist Confronts a Local Magnate Ms. Pak (Yongin, Kyonggi Province, Late Eighteenth Century) Case 3 A Defiant Slave Challenges His Master with Death Yi Pong-dol (Anui, Kyongsang Province, 1842) Case 4 Two Widows Fight Madam Chang and Ms. Un (Yech'on, Kyongsang Province, 1842) Case 5 A Heartless Wet Nurse Abuses an Infant Mun Chong-ji (Chunghwa, P'yongan Province, 1866) Case 6 A Widower Seeks Private Settlement Ms. Chong (Yongch'on, Kyongsang Province, 1889) Case 7 Adultery Leads to Murder Ms. Paek (Anak, Hwanghae Province, 1897) Case 8 An Illegal Burial Begets a Son but Kills a Relative Kim Kap-san (Hoeyang, Kangw¿n Province, 1899) Notes Glossary Bibliography Index ...
