Philosophy of Law in Korea: Acceptance, Engagement and Social Change

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
	1 Understanding the Philosophy of Law
	2 Korea’s Modern History
	3 Philosophy of Law in a Social Context
	4 Reception of Continental and Anglo-American Legal Philosophies
1 Legal Philosophy and Social Change in Korea
	1 Introduction
	2 Korean Legal Philosophy: Colonization, Liberation, and the Korean War
		2.1 Liberation from Japanese Imperialism
		2.2 Judicial Practice During the Korean War
	3 Korean Legal Philosophy During Authoritarianism
		3.1 A History of Oppression and Resistance
			3.1.1 Rhee’s Authoritarianism and the April Revolution
			3.1.2 Park’s Dictatorship and the Yushin Constitution
			3.1.3 Chun’s Military Coup and the 5.18 Gwangju Democratization Movement
		3.2 A Dark Age for Natural Law Theory
		3.3 Blind or Critical Legal Positivism
		3.4 What is a Korean Legal Culture?
		3.5 Korean-Style Natural Law Theory: Pungto Theory and Gikbun Ethics
	4 Korean Legal Philosophy During Civil Revolution
		4.1 Longing for Democracy
			4.1.1 The New Resistance Movement
			4.1.2 The Civil Revolution of 1987
		4.2 For Human Dignity and Democracy
		4.3 Abolishing Evil Laws
		4.4 Revealing Capitalist Ideology
		4.5 Punishing Dictators
	5 Korean Legal Philosophy in the Age of Liberalism and Value Pluralism
		5.1 New Missions
		5.2 Institutionalizing Civil Democracy
			5.2.1 The Convergence of Legal Positivism and Natural Law Theory
			5.2.2 Institutional Natural Law Theory
			5.2.3 Anthropological Natural Law Theory
		5.3 A Litigation Society
		5.4 Researching Justice
		5.5 Rationalizing Judicial Practices
		5.6 Researching Applied Legal Philosophy
2 Korea’s Reception of German Philosophy of Law
	1 Introduction
	2 German Philosophy of Law and Post-War Trends
		2.1 Radbruch’s Formula
			2.1.1 Statutory Lawlessness and Supra-Statutory Law
			2.1.2 The Tension Between Justice and Legal Stability
			2.1.3 The Radbruch Formula: An Appraisal
		2.2 Resurrecting Natural Law
		2.3 The Existential Philosophy of Law
		2.4 The Border Guard Case and the Issue of Legal Effect
			2.4.1 The Border Guard Case (Mauerschützfall)
			2.4.2 The Legal Philosophical Basis
		2.5 Methodology and Legal Interpretation
		2.6 Prospects for German Legal Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century
	3 Acceptance of German Legal Philosophy in Korea
		3.1 The Study of the Philosophy of Law Begins (1945–1950s)
		3.2 The Influence of Radbruch’s Thought
		3.3 Natural Law Theory
		3.4 Methodologies of Jurisprudence and Legal Interpretation
		3.5 The Development of Legal Systems for Biotechnology Research
			3.5.1 Introduction
			3.5.2 The Development of Biotechnological Studies
			3.5.3 The Development of Embryonic Stem Cell Studies
			3.5.4 Problems with Human Cloning
			3.5.5 Germany’s Bioethics Law
			3.5.6 Korea’s Bioethics Law
	4 Evaluation
3 Acceptance of Anglo-American Jurisprudence
	1 Introduction
	2 Culture and Science
		2.1 Paul K. Ryu (1915–1998)
		2.2 Pyong-Choon Hahm (1932–1983)
	3 Anglo-American Jurisprudential Wave
		3.1 British Jurisprudence
		3.2 American Jurisprudence
		3.3 Intersection
	4 Concluding Remarks
Conclusion
Index