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Informationen zum Autor Marie Seong-Hak Kim was born in Seoul, Korea, and was educated at Ewha Womans University (BA and MA), the University of Minnesota (PhD) and the University of Minnesota Law School (JD). Originally trained as a sixteenth-century French historian, Professor Kim teaches and writes on both European and East Asian legal history, concentrating on France, Korea and Japan. Her book, Michel de L'Hôpital: The Vision of a Reformist Chancellor during the French Religious Wars, was published in 1997. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Law and History Review, The American Journal of Comparative Law, The Journal of Asian Studies, The Journal of Japanese Studies, Tijdschrift voor rechtsgeschiedenis, Toyo Bunka Kenkyu and French History. Her major awards and grants include the National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship, Fulbright Senior Scholar Grant, the Academy of Korean Studies Research Grants and the Japan Foundation Research Fellowship. She served as a visiting professor at the Institut d'Asie Orientale at École Normale Supérieure in Lyon, France, and was a fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies in Leiden, The Netherlands. As a Fulbright Visiting Professor of Law, she taught at Handong Global University in Pohang, Korea. From 2011 to 2012, Professor Kim was a fellow at the Institut des Études Avancées (Collegium de Lyon) in France. She currently teaches at St Cloud State University. She is an attorney at law and a member of the Minnesota Bar. Klappentext Sets forth the evolution of Korea's law and legal system from the Choson dynasty through the colonial and postcolonial modern periods. Zusammenfassung This is the first book in English that covers the evolution of Korean law and custom comprehensively from the Choson dynasty through the colonial and postcolonial modern periods. In particular! this book discusses in detail legal developments under Japanese colonial rule that formed the foundation of the modern Korean legal system! and thus presents new interpretations of colonial history. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Comparative reflections on the concepts of law and custom; 2. Law and legal culture under the Chos¿n Dynasty; 3. Custom and legal reception: the Japanese precedent; 4. Legal reforms in protectorate Korea, 1905-10; 5. Colonial law and the legal system, 1910-45; 6. Colonial jurisprudence and the construction of Korean customary law; 7. The 'Japanese deviation': comparison of colonial customary law policies; 8. Customary law in modern Korea; 9. Conclusion: Korean law and custom in comparative perspective....
