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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Decriminalizing Truthful Defamation in Korea: Freedom of Expression, the Right to Reputation and Article 307(1) of the Criminal Act
A Korean constitutional and criminal law paper on whether Article 307(1) of the Criminal Act, which punishes defamation even by stating true facts, should…
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Forged Promissory Note Case Under Korean Law: Company Liability for a Note Forged in the CEO's Name, Apparent Authority, Employer Liability and the Forger's Own Liability
A 6-page Korean bills-and-notes case study. A managing director forged a promissory note in the name of the company's representative director, named himself…
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Identifying the Parties in Korean Civil Litigation: Distinction from Standing, the Indication Theory, Case Law and Third-Party Litigation
A Korean civil procedure paper distinguishing the identification of parties (who the parties are) from standing (who should be a party). It explains the…
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Korea's Government Guarantee Program for Car Accident Victims: Hit-and-Run and Uninsured Vehicle Compensation Under Article 30
A 7-page Korean insurance and social security law paper on the Automobile Accident Compensation Guarantee Program under the Guarantee of Automobile Accident…
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Korean Civil Procedure Case Study: Subject Matter of Litigation, Duplicate Lawsuits, Adverse Possession Claims and Self-Judgment on Reversal
A 6-page Korean civil procedure case study. Case one asks whether a second damages suit against a tenant who used rented houses as a factory is the same…
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Korean Criminal Procedure Case Study: Joinder of Cases, Indivisibility of Complaints, Non-Prosecution Wishes and the Somali Pirates Trial
A 4-page Korean criminal procedure case study. Case one covers how two cases pending before different district courts are joined (Articles 6 and 11 of the…
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Korean Jeonse Deposits Explained: Jeonse Rights vs. Lease Rights, Tenant Protection Under the Housing Lease Protection Act, Lease Registration Orders and Auction Terms
A 4-page Korean property law paper written against the background of jeonse (lump-sum deposit lease) fraud. It compares a registered jeonse right under…
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Korean Patent Law and Other Legal Measures: Effects and Limits of Patent Rights, Prior User, Intermediate User and Later User Rights, and Abuse of Market Dominance
A ten-page intellectual property law report on what effect a patent right has, how far it is limited, and what measures can be taken inside and outside the…
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Legal Basis and Limits of Police Power in Korea: Statutory Reservation, the Passive-Purpose Principle, and a Discussion Paper for Police Studies
A 1-page Korean police studies discussion paper. It explains that intrusive police measures need a statutory basis under Article 37(2) of the Korean…
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Mistake in Motive and Rescission Under Korean Civil Law: Supreme Court 97Da26210 on a Building Sale Crossing the Setback Line, Article 109 and a No-Suit Agreement
A 6-page Korean civil law case analysis of Supreme Court judgment 97Da26210 (September 30, 1997). After a sale it turned out that the building crossed the…
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Nominee Shareholders in Korean Corporate Law: Supreme Court Case 2016Da265351 on Subscribing for Shares in Another Person's Name
A 6-page Korean case comment on Supreme Court Decision 2016Da265351 (December 5, 2017), which asked who becomes the shareholder when shares are subscribed…
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Observing Civil Court Proceedings in Korea: A Field Report From the Busan District Court on How Civil Trials Unfold
A 6-page Korean field report based on a visit to the Busan District Court and observation of civil hearings. It explains the concentrated-hearing reform…
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Overseas Financial Account Reporting and the Limits of Delegated Legislation: A Case Note on Korean Supreme Court 2019Do11381
A Korean criminal and constitutional law case note. A company was prosecuted for failing to report overseas accounts held through a wholly owned subsidiary…
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Piercing the Corporate Veil and Other Key Korean Corporate Law Cases: Deemed Merchants, Veil Piercing, Self-Dealing and One-Person Companies
An 11-page Korean corporate law paper analyzing six issues in the same four-step format. It covers deemed merchants and pre-opening acts under Commercial…
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Proportional Representation in Korea's National Assembly and How Laws and Budgets Are Made: From At-Large Seats to Two-Ballot Voting
A 2-page Korean politics and law paper. It reviews why Korea added nationwide at-large seats to district elections, how the old system was criticized as a…
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Retroactive Taxation and the Principle of Tax Legality in Korea: An Opinion on Supreme Court Case 2013Du23195 on Aggregating Repeated Gifts
A 1-page Korean tax law opinion on Supreme Court decision 2013Du23195 (June 24, 2015). The 1996 revision of the Inheritance and Gift Tax Act allowed earlier…
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Suing to Recover a Loan Made by a Civil Law Partnership in Korea: Capacity to Be a Party and Voluntary Litigation Trust
A 6-page Korean civil law and civil procedure paper. It explains what a civil law partnership (johap) under Articles 703 and following of the Korean Civil…
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The Minerva Case and the Vagueness Doctrine: Korea's Former False Communication Ban and Consumers' Right of Withdrawal in E-Commerce
A 4-page Korean law Q&A paper. Part one explains why former Article 47(1) of the Framework Act on Telecommunications, which punished false communications…
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Venue and Identifying the Parties in a Korean Damages Lawsuit: General and Special Forum, Competing Venues and Lawsuits Filed Under Someone Else's Name
A 6-page Korean civil procedure case study. Question one asks which court should hear a damages claim: territorial jurisdiction, the defendant's domicile as…
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Comfort Women Ruling and Human Dignity: Sovereign Immunity Under Customary International Law vs. the Korean Constitution
A 5-page Korean law paper on whether Korean courts may hear damages claims against Japan brought by former 'comfort women'. It traces the shift from…
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Corporate Capacity and the Objects Clause: A Korean Supreme Court Case on a Limited Partnership Company Selling Its Only Land (2009Da63236)
A 6-page Korean company law case study. A limited partnership company (hapja hoesa) that managed a market building in Gwangju sold its only land while it…
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Korea's Anti-Graft Act (Kim Young-ran Act) Upheld: Constitutional Court 2015Hun-Ma236 on Journalists, Private School Staff and the Principle of Clarity
A 6-page Korean constitutional law paper on Constitutional Court decision 2015Hun-Ma236 (July 28, 2016), which upheld the Improper Solicitation and Graft…
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Korean Commercial Law Case Analysis: Pledge Forfeiture Agreements, Commercial Liens for Building Materials and Business Lease Under Article 42
A Korean commercial law paper that analyses three Supreme Court cases with an IRAC framework: whether a pledge forfeiture agreement is allowed when the…
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Succession Writs and Compulsory Auctions in Korea: When an Heir Enforces a Final Judgment, and the Subjective Scope of Enforceability
A 2-page Korean civil execution law study note built on one scenario: a creditor wins a final judgment for a 100 million won loan, then dies, and the heir…