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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451264503321

Titolo

Legal reform in Korea / / edited by Tom Ginsburg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-32680-7

1-280-04673-2

0-203-47938-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon advances in Korean studies ; ; 5

Altri autori (Persone)

GinsburgTom

Disciplina

340/.3/095195

Soggetti

Law reform - Korea (South)

Law - Korea (South)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Legal Reform in Korea; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: the politics of legal reform in Korea; 2 The Korean Constitutional Court, judicial activism, and social change; 3 The paralysis of legal education in Korea; 4 The prosecution of corruption in South Korea: achievements, problems, and prospects; 5 Korean criminal law and democratization; 6 The emergence of formalized intermediate norms in Korea: the case of sexual harassment; 7 A look at Korean corporate codes of conduct

8 Epistemological conflicts and institutional impediments: the rocky road to corporate bankruptcy reforms in Korea9 Korean labor law reform: evaluation and future prospects; 10 Controlling foreign migrant workers in Korea; 11 The unfulfilled promise of Korean telecommunications reform; 12 Negotiating values and law: environmental dispute resolution in Korea; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Law in Korea has historically been viewed as merely a tool of authoritarian rule, but since the transition to democracy in 1987 it has served a more important and visible role as a force for social change. With contributions from leading US and Korean scholars, Legal Reform in Korea explores this response to domestic and international



pressures, applying a socio-legal perspective to both legal practices and the legal institutions themselves, which have become a major political issue throughout the developing world. An invaluable resource for students of Asian law and Korean studies.