The 1st special lecture by a distinguished overseas scholar : “Custom as a source of law in European and East Asian legal history”

Dear Colleagues,

As follows, The Korean Legal History Research Center at Hanyang University will give a special lecture on customs as a source of law in European and East Asian legal history. Speaker, Prof. Marie Kim will introduce whether customs existed as a judicial norm in the Joseon Dynasty under comparison with Europe. We look forward to the participation of colleagues interested in Korean law.

▣ Speaker: Prof. Marie Seong-Hak Kim (St. Cloud State University)
▣ Debater: Prof. Jung Kwang-hyun (Hanyang University Law School)
▣ Date & Time: 16:00~18:00 February 22, 2023
▣ Venue: Lecture Hall 205, College of Humanities, Hanyang University

About the Speaker:

•Academic background
Marie Seong-Hak Kim is a historian and jurist. She is known for her work of comparing European and East Asian legal history, with emphasis on the sources of law, legal theories, and court practices. She graduated from Ewha Woman's University in Seoul. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, where she worked under Paul W. Bamford and James D. Tracy. She also earned her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School.



•Works
Custom, Law, and Monarchy: A Legal History of Early Modern France (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021)
Constitutional Transition and the Travail of Judges: The Courts of South Korea (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019).
Law and Custom in Korea: Comparative Legal History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012).