Academic & Law Reports
Carefully organized study reports and assignment materials, written up in English. Law comes first, followed by social welfare, architecture and philosophy. Every page includes an overview, an excerpt and the key concepts covered, so you can judge its value before you go further.
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Should Korea Adopt Day Fines? Income-Based Fines Versus Fixed-Sum Fines, the Emperor Labor Controversy and Equal Impact of Punishment
A 5-page Korean criminal policy paper on day fines. It explains how fixed-sum fines barely affect the rich, how day fines combine a number of days set by…
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Which Court Hears a Claim for Unpaid Purchase Money? A Korean Civil Procedure Case Problem on Venue, General and Special Forums and Case Assignment
An 8-page Korean civil procedure case problem. A Seoul seller sold land in South Jeolla to a buyer in Daegu, who never paid. The paper explains the rules on…
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Valued Policies in Marine Insurance: Types of Marine Cover and the Agreed Insured Value Under Korea's Commercial Act Article 670 and the UK Marine Insurance Act 1906
A 5-page Korean insurance law paper on marine insurance. It covers cargo, hull, freight and liability cover, why marine insurance is exempt from the rule…
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False Statement Defamation and Insurance Fraud in Korean Criminal Law: Article 307(2), the Article 310 Public Interest Defense and Fraud Through Unneeded Hospital Stays
A 5-page Korean criminal law paper analyzing two Supreme Court cases. In the first, a professor tipped off reporters with an unverified rumor about a…
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Freedom of Information and Diplomatic Secrets in Korea: Supreme Court Decision 2015Du46512 (2019) on Withholding Korea-Japan GSOMIA Negotiation Records
A 4-page Korean administrative law case note. A citizen asked the Defense Ministry for records on the Korea-Japan military intelligence and logistics…
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Resident Audit Requests in Korean Local Government: Purpose, Use, Problems and Reforms, Requirements Under the Local Autonomy Act and the Link to Resident Lawsuits
A 4-page Korean local government paper on resident audit requests, which let residents ask a higher authority to audit unlawful or wasteful acts by their…
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Is a Promissory Note Without a Place of Issue Valid? Korean Supreme Court En Banc Decision 95Da36466 (1998), Domestic Notes, Blank Notes and the Holder's Right of Recourse
A 5-page Korean commercial law case problem on promissory notes. Notes issued with the place of issue left blank passed by endorsement to a holder, who was…
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Breach of Contract and Damages in Korean and International Sales Law: Delay, Impossibility, Defective Performance and Anticipatory Breach
A 7-page Korean civil and international trade law report on breach of contract. It explains the three types of nonperformance under Korean law, when each…
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Commercial Arbitration in China: Procedures, Arbitration Agreements and Awards, Court Intervention and the Ban on Ad Hoc Arbitration, and How Korean Companies Should Respond
A 9-page Korean international trade law paper on China's commercial arbitration system. It explains how the system developed, the steps from filing to…
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Regulating the Entry and Stay of Foreign Nationals Under Korea's Immigration Control Act: Rights of Foreigners, Entry Bans, Limits on Activities, Departure Suspension and Deportation
A 12-page Korean administrative law paper on how the Immigration Control Act regulates foreign nationals. It reviews court rulings on immigration detention…
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When Do Directors and Auditors Take Office in a Korean Company? Case Note on Supreme Court En Banc Decision 2016Da251215 (2017) on Shareholder Resolutions and Appointment Contracts
A 7-page Korean corporate law case note on a 2017 en banc Supreme Court decision. After minority shareholders elected a new director and auditor, the CEO…
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Hotel Fire Death and Damages in Korea: Innkeeper Liability, Tort and Contract Claims, and a Surviving Spouse's Compensation
An 8-page Korean everyday law paper built on a case: a guest dies in a fire at a lodging business and his wife sues the owner. It compares fires caused by…
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Korea's Product Liability Act and the Humidifier Disinfectant Case: Defects and Burden of Proof, the Development Risk Defense and Limitation Periods, and Safe Product Design
A 4-page Korean paper on product liability. It contrasts tort claims, which require proof of fault, with the Product Liability Act's defect-based liability…
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Tort Liability for Environmental Pollution in Korea: Fault, the Tolerance Limit Theory and Proof of Causation by Probability
A 4-page Korean civil law paper on tort claims for environmental pollution damage under Article 750 of the Civil Act. It explains why victims struggle to…
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Protection of Legitimate Expectations and Administrative Self-Binding in Korean Administrative Law: Requirements, Limits, Similarities and Differences
A 4-page Korean administrative law paper comparing two general principles. It sets out the requirements and limits of protecting people who relied on an…
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Registering a Real Estate Brokerage Office in Korea: Legal Nature of Registration, Standards and Procedures, Disqualifications, Unregistered Brokerage and the Ban on Dual Affiliation
An 8-page Korean real estate law paper on opening a brokerage office under the Licensed Real Estate Agents Act. It explains why registration is a required…
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Korea's Real Property Registration System: Joint Filing, Provisional Registration, Registration Certificates, and the Problem of No Public Faith in the Register
An 8-page Korean property law paper on real estate registration. It traces the system from 1906 to the 1960 Registration Act, walks through the filing…
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Mortgage Registration and Tenant Priority in Korean Foreclosure Auctions: Small Tenant Protection and Senior Mortgages
A short 4-page Korean real estate law case study. A Seoul house worth 300 million won carries two mortgages, and a tenant with a 100 million won deposit…
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Strengthening Lease Rights in Korea: Registered Leases Under Civil Code Article 621, Tenant Priority Under the Housing Lease Protection Act, and Lease Registration Reform
A 4-page Korean civil law paper on how a lease, legally a personal claim, gets property-like protection. It covers why a sale normally breaks a lease, the…
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Agency Under the Korean Civil Code: Voluntary and Legal Agency, Sub-Agency, Abuse of Authority, Unauthorized Agency and Three Types of Apparent Authority
An 8-page Korean civil law paper covering agency from Articles 114 to 136 of the Civil Code. It distinguishes agents from messengers and representatives…
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Basic Principles of Korean Tax Law: No Taxation Without Law, Tax Equality, Good Faith, and Horizontal and Vertical Equity
A 4-page Korean tax accounting paper on the three basic principles of tax law. It explains why taxes must rest on statute, how tax equality splits into…
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Fired After Suing for Unpaid Wages, and a Parent's Conflict of Interest: Korean Labor Standards Act Articles 23-24 and Civil Code Article 921
A 5-page Korean law paper solving two cases. In the first, a worker who sued over nine months of unpaid wages is fired; the paper covers the end of criminal…
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Who May Open a Hospital in Korea: Medical Service Act Article 33, Non-Doctor-Owned Clinics, and the 2005 Constitutional Court Ruling
A 6-page Korean health law paper on why non-doctors and for-profit corporations can't open medical institutions in Korea. It lists who may open one under…
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Minimum Wage, the 52-Hour Workweek and Paid Annual Leave in Korea: Labor Law Reforms and Their Problems
A short 3-page Korean labor law paper on three reforms: steep minimum wage increases, the cap of 52 working hours per week including overtime, and paid…