Contents

List of contributors vi

Preface viii

1. Litigating in Korea: a general overview of Korean civil

procedure 1

Youngjoon Kwon

2. Why do we pursue �oral proceedings’ in our legal system? 31

Hyun Seok Kim

3.

South Korea 58

Kuk Cho

4. The role of the public prosecutor in Korea: is he half-judge? 87 Heekyoon Kim

5. The admissibility of suspect interrogation record in the new

era of Korean criminal procedure 103

Yong Chul Park

6. The structure and basic principles of constitutional adjudication

in the Republic of Korea 115

Jongcheol Kim

7. Democratic legitimacy of law and the constitutional adjudication

in the Republic of Korea 135

Woo-young Rhee

8. Korean Constitutional Court and the due process clause 160 Jibong Lim

9. Administrative litigation in Korea: structures and roles in

judicial review 175

Hee-Jung Lee

10. Korean administrative cases in �law and development’

context 199

Daein Kim

11. Principles and structure of patent litigation 219

Sang Jo Jong

Index 237