Course Schedule, Reading Assignments and discussion points

Spring 2008

[to be updated]

Last updated: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 01:33 PM

Link to Syllabus and Course Description

Part I: Conceptual Building Blocks

Week 1: (1/16)

Introduction and overview

Week 2: (1/23)

Constitutionalism, Rule of Law and the constitutional court

Week 3: (1/30)

Korean Legal Scholarship; ideas and values; attitude towards law; traditional Korean society and law; legal institutions

(Corruption and Bribery; Legal education and opening the market for legal services)

Part II: North Korea

Week 4:  (2/6)

Overview of Political Economy of North Korea and Legal foundation for inter-Korea economic cooperation, Armistice Agreement, NPT, Agreed Framework and 6 Party Talks

Week 5: (2/13)

Political foundations of North Korean society, leadership and law: From Great Leader to Dear Leader 

Week 6: (2/20)

Economic foundations: Interface between North Korean law and effects of "opening up" economically - Rajin Songbong, Shineuji, Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang

Week 7: (2/27)

Negotiating with a Nuclear North Korea, Unification, Problems, prospects and wrap up

Part III: Corporate Governance and Regulation of

Chaebols

Weeks 8 – 10 to be taught by Eric S. Yoon, Partner, White & Case LLP

Week 8: (3/5)

1. Corporate governance: some basic provisions of the Commercial Code and the Securities and Exchange Act

2. Recent trends and current issues

Week 9: (3/12)

1. Regulation of chaebols: policies, laws, practices and myths
2. Statutory framework for financial services sector ownership restriction in Korea

SPRING BREAK WEEK (3/19): No Class

Week 10: (3/26)

Rights of Minority Shareholders of Listed Companies
Selected Issues on Shareholder Activism in Korea

Week 11: (4/2)

Presentation by guest lecturer, Joon H. Kim, Esq., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP

Topic: Issues and Developments in Korean Litigation and Arbitration

Week 12: (4/9)

Week 13: (4/16)