Republic of Korea: Korean Legal Research Resources

Republic of Korea

Research Contacts

Lyonette Louis-Jacques

Foreign and International Law Librarian

D'Angelo Law Library

(773)702-9612

llou@midway.uchicago.edu

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/

Younghee Sohn

Korean Studies Librarian

Regenstein Library

(773)703-0187

ysohn@midway.uchicago.edu

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/easia/

Research Guides

William B. McCloy, "Korean Legal Research - Selected Resources" (as part of program F-6, A Current Appraisal of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Legal Research, 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Association Association of Law Libraries (AALL), Boston, Massachusetts)

http://aall.omnibooksonline.com/2004/papers%5C40a_F-6%20-%20McCloy.pdf

http://aall.omnibooksonline.com/2004/TOC.htm

Korean Legal Research at the University of Washington (2004)

http://lib.law.washington.edu/eald/kres.html

Heija B. Ryoo, "Korean Legal Research Resources on the Internet" (Southern Illinois University School of Law Library, 2003)

http://www.law.siu.edu/lawlib/koreanlaw/

"Korean Legal Materials" (Center for Korean Legal Studies, Columbia Law School) http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/korean_legal/Book

Charlotte Bynum, "Korean Legal Research in the Cornell Law Library"

http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/international/asianlaw/librarykorean.asp

Jane Macoustra, "A Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region" (Korea)

http://www.llrx.com/features/asiapacific.htm#Korea

Guide to Law Online: Korea (Law Library of Congress)

http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/southkorea.html

International Economic Law Links for Korea

http://www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/research/countrylinks/korea.html

Statutes

Kwanbo (official gazette of laws of the Republic of Korea; online beginning with 2000)

http://gwanbo.korea.go.kr/

Economic Laws on Foreign Investment in Korea

XXKPA3202.A28 2004 D'Angelo Law Library

http://www.moleg.go.kr/english/page%5Flink.php?left=left.php&main=econo%5Flist.php

Statutes of the Republic of Korea (Korean Legislation Research Institute)

KPA 13 1997 Northwestern University Law Library: N,HKO (request via CLAS/ILL)

v. 1. Constitution, National Assembly, election and political party, administration in general, public official, foreign affairs -- v. 2. Court, judicial affairs, police -- v. 3. Civil affairs -- v. 4. Commercial affairs, crimes and criminal procedure -- v. 5. Local government -- v. 6. Civil defence and firefighting, military affairs, conscription affairs, patriots and veterans affairs -- v. 7. Education and academy, culture and public relations -- v. 8. Finance and economy in general -- v. 9-10. National tax --
v. 11. Currency, state bond and banking -- v. 12. Science and technology, agriculture, livestock and forest -- v. 13. Commerce, trade and industry -- v. 14. Industrial standards and measures, industrial property, energy utilization and mining, electricity and gas -- v. 15. Territorial development, land, road and water resources -- v. 16. Town, housing, building and construction, information and telecommunication -- v. 17. Health, medical and pharmaceutical affairs, social welfare -- v. 18. Environment -- v. 19. Labor, sports and tourism -- v. 20. Land transportation and aviation, marine, fishery.

Cases

The First Ten Years of the Korean Constitutional Court: 1988-1998 (2001)

XXKPA2620.A49 2001a D'Angelo Law Library

http://www.ccourt.go.kr/english/decision10year.htm

(Translation of: Hŏnpŏp Chaepʻanso 10-yŏnsa)

Decisions of the Korean Constitutional Court (1998-date)

http://www.ccourt.go.kr/english/decision.htm

(also called Korean Constitutional Court Reports)

Hagŭpsim p‘an’gyŏlchip

XXKPA19.A36 Regenstein, East Asian/CJK

Taebŏbwŏn pʻallyejip

XXKPA18.A3K6a Regenstein, East Asian/CJK