Top of page

Search results for: "south korea"

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Citizen Participatory Trials in South Korea

Posted by: Ruth Levush

This is a guest blog by Younkyung (Regina) Eum, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Sayuri Umeda in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. I recently started watching the South Korean show Extraordinary Attorney Woo, a popular drama about an attorney with Asperger syndrome. In addition to …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

How to Boost your Medal Count in the Olympics, South Korean-Style

Posted by: Jenny Gesley

This following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a foreign law specialist who covers Japan and various other countries in East and Southeast Asia, and Jieun Chang, foreign law intern at the Global Legal Research Directorate. Sayuri has previously written posts for In Custodia Legis on various topics, including Two Koreas Separated by Demilitarized Zone, English Translations of Post-World …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

English Translations of Post-Second World War South Korean Laws – Global Legal Collection Highlights

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress. It continues our Global Collection Highlights Series. Sayuri previously contributed a post on Japanese family law to this series. She also recently wrote a post on the laws and regulations passed in the aftermath of the Great …

Picture of title page of the Law Library of Congress report titled Access to Ingormation for Persons with Disabilities in Selected Jurisdictions

Law Library’s Newly Published Legal Report Titled, “Access to Information for Persons with Disabilities in Selected Jurisdictions”

Posted by: Elin Hofverberg

The Law Library of Congress recently published a multinational report, Access to Information for Persons with Disabilities in Selected Jurisdictions, which provides individual surveys of selected jurisdictions and gives an overview of their legislation on access to information for persons with disabilities. Providing access constitutes one of the human rights protections specifically guaranteed under article …