The English language site of the Constitutional Court of South Korea provides links to supreme and constitutional courts of individual countries arranged by continent.
There are also links to a few selected international tribunals and five Korean government Web sites that provide resources in English, including the Ministry of Government Legislation (Korea Law in English)
Click on “Legal Links” from the homepage.
The South Korean Ministry of Justice is publishing a new current awareness publication: Recent Trends of Law and Regulation in Korea. Volume 1 was released in Summer 2010. The inaugural issue includes a three page appendix of useful links to government agencies, law schools, and organizations.
Table of Contents Vol.1, No.1 (2010)
Message from the Minister
Law and Regulation:
Enactments and Amendments of Law
Court Decisions
Introduction of the Policies of the Ministry of Justice:
Crackdown on the Distribution of Pirated Copyright Material
Establishing of Labor Relations and Strike Culture
that Respect Law s and Principles
Expert Column:
The Maturing Korean Legal Market
Immigration Information of Korea for Investors:
Information for Investment in Korea
Invest Korea:
Foreign Investment Ombudsman System
Introduction of the Korean Legal System:
Korean Legislative System and Procedures
The Constitution
Appendix:
Government Departments, Law Schools, Public Enterprises
“Korea Times” article on the new publication:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/07/117_69455.html
South Korea’s Kyungpook National University Law School opened in March , 2009 and will specialize in IT law. It will be interesting to see if other Korean graduate level law schools also market themselves so narrowly.
Kyungpook National University Law School
South Korea’s Ministry of Government Legislation has posted the following online book: “Laws on Government Organization Restructuring Government for the Future of Korea (2008 ed.)” The book includes a guide to Korea’s legislative system and procedure.
http://www.moleg.go.kr/english/notice?pstSeq=46838&pageIndex=6
The books includes the full-text of 4 statutes in English:
Government Organization Act
Act of the Establishment of the Financial Services Commission
Act on the Establishment and Operation of the Broadcasting and Communications Commission
Act on Designation and Management of Free Trade Zones
Oseo is a Korean legal database. Although it charges for its content, Oseo also provides some free content, including links to legal forms, legal news, law libraries, databases of case law and statutes, and legal guides. All information is available exclusively in Korean.
Oseo.com
