Constitutional Transition and the Travail of Judges - The Courts of South Korea

The book offers a new perspective to Korean legal history by focusing on the judicial role in constitutional authoritarianism in the context of Korea's political and constitutional transitions. It can be used as an accessible textbook on modern Korea.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The making of the constitution and the courts, 1945-1962; 2. Jurisprudential evolution, 1962-1972; 3. The Yusin era, 1972-1980 (1): the laws; 4. The Yusin era, 1972-1980 (2): the courts; 5. The Yusin era, 1972-1980 (3): the judges; 6. Political transitions and rule of law, 1980-1987; 7. Democracy and travails of judges, 1987 to the present; Conclusion.

About the author

Marie Seong-Hak Kim is a legal historian and attorney at law. She specializes in Korean, Japanese, and French law. She is the author of Michel de L'Hôpital (1997) and Law and Custom in Korea (Cambridge, 2012), and the editor of The Spirit of Korean Law (2015). She is the recipient of the National Endowment of Humanities Fellowship and the Fulbright Senior Scholar Grant. She was a fellow at the Collegium de Lyon, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, and Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies. As a native of South Korea, she graduated from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, and received her Ph.D. and J.D. from the University of Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Bar since 1995.

Summary

The book offers a new perspective to Korean legal history by focusing on the judicial role in constitutional authoritarianism in the context of Korea's political and constitutional transitions. It can be used as an accessible textbook on modern Korea.

Product details

• Authors: Marie Seong-Hak Kim, Marie Seong-Hak (St Cloud State University Kim, Kim Marie Seong-Hak
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781108465571
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46557-1
• No. of pages: 361
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; LAW / Constitutional, South Korea, Public International Law, Legal History, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general