Legal Issues of Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation under the Armistice System

Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 18
Table of Cases......Page 19
List of Tables, Maps and Charts......Page 20
List of Abbreviations......Page 22
1. Context: Problem-Setting and Structure of the Research......Page 26
2. Background: Division of Korea and Their Efforts to be Reunified......Page 29
3. Jurisprudence: Analytic Foundation for Understanding the Law and Society of Korea......Page 33
PART ONE: RETHINKING THE KOREAN ARMISTICE SYSTEM AND INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS: From the Armistice Agreement to the Basic Agreement......Page 40
I.1. A Brief Overview: Outbreak and Evolution of the Korean War......Page 42
I.2. The Korean War and International Legal Issues......Page 44
I.3. Formation and Evolution of the Armistice System......Page 52
I.4. Transformation of the Armistice System: The Basic Agreement of 1991......Page 61
II.1. The Political and Military Question......Page 66
II.2. The Denuclearization Question......Page 72
II.3. The Humanitarion Question......Page 85
PART TWO: THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF INTER-KOREAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION: Juristic Approach and Policy Analysis......Page 104
III.1. Introduction: The Need for Understanding the Different Economic System......Page 106
III.2. The Korean Economy under Japanese Rule (1910–45)......Page 107
III.3. South Korea: Economic Modernization on the Basis of the Free Market System......Page 109
III.4. North Korea: The Socialist Revolution and Its Self-Reliant (Juche) Economic System......Page 113
III.5. The Beginning of Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation under the Global Economy......Page 117
IV.1 Constitutional Framework of the Two Koreas for Mutual Economic Cooperation......Page 122
IV.2. The Legal Basis of Bilateral Economic Cooperation between the Two Koreas......Page 126
IV.3. South Korea's Legal Initiatives for Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation......Page 128
IV.4. North Korea's Legal Development for Foreign Business and Its Application to Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation......Page 133
V.1. Legal Implications of Inter-Korean Economic Relations: Inter or Intra?......Page 166
V.2. Legal Protection against Political Risks in Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation: Mutual Investment Guarantee......Page 179
V.3. Collision of Domestic Laws and Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation......Page 191
V.4. Double Taxation Avoidance in Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation......Page 194
V.5. Dispute Settlement Process in Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation......Page 197
VI.1. The Continental Context of the Rajin-Sonbong Free Economic and Trade Zone: The Tumen River Area Development Project (TRADP)......Page 200
VI.2. Legal Setting for the Rajin-Sonbong Free Economic and Trade Zone (RSFETZ) in North Korea......Page 207
VI.3. Conclusion......Page 221
PART THREE: LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF INTER-KOREAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: Beyond Economic Cooperation......Page 224
VII.1. The Current Legal State of Inter-Korean Relations: Are the Two Koreas at Peace or in Armistice?......Page 226
VII.2. Legal Problems before Concluding a Peace Treaty between the Two Koreas......Page 228
VII.3. Inter-Korean Peace Treaty-Making under Current International Law......Page 235
VII.4. Conclusion: Prospects for De Jure Peace on the Korean Peninsula......Page 247
VIII.1. Formation and Development of the European Single Market......Page 250
VIII.2. The Benelux Economic Union......Page 255
VIII.3. The German Market Integration......Page 258
VIII.4. The China-Hong Kong SAR (HKSAR) Market Integration under One Country, Two Systems......Page 260
IX.1 The Concept and Process of Economic Integration......Page 272
IX.2. A Blue Print: A Hypothetical Proposal for a Korean Style Model of Economic Integration......Page 274
IX.3. Evaluation of the Korean Style Model......Page 278
EVALUATION AND CONCLUSION: Outlook for Inter-Korean Economic Integration through Law......Page 280
Bibliography......Page 288
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L......Page 313
S......Page 314
Z......Page 315