Law & Democratization
in Taiwan and South Korea:
Twenty Years' Experience
Quarles and Brady Reading Room
University of Wisconsin Law School
October 19-20, 2007
Hosted by Professor
John Ohnesorge, Vice-Director of the UW East Asian Legal Studies
Center. Cosponsored by The Global Legal Studies
Center (a joint project of the Law School and the Division of
International Studies) and the Center for East Asian Studies at
UW-Madison, with substantial support from The
Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office, Chicago, and the Seoul
National University Foundation.
Overview
1987 was a key year in the democratization of both Taiwan and South Korea. Martial law was lifted in Taiwan, while in South Korea military rule came to an end and the current constitution was adopted. While much has been written about the political circumstances surrounding these momentous events, much less has been written relating law and legal institutions to the democratization process. The primary goal of this conference is to address explicitly the role of law and legal institutions in the democratization of Taiwan and South Korea, before 1987, as well as after. While attention will be paid to constitutional law, this conference will also address ways in which other bodies of law, such as corporate, labor, property, criminal or electoral law, have interacted with the democratization process.
Program
Photos
Conference Papers
Professor Kyong-Whan
Ahn,
Professor
Wen-Chen Chang,
Professor
Tsung-fu Chen,
Professor Hong Sik
Cho,
Professor
Kuk Cho,
Professor Jerome Cohen
Professor
Javier Couso,
Professor
Anuj Desai (outline),
Professor Tom Ginsburg,
Professor Chaihark
Hahm,
Professor
Cheng-Yi Huang,
Professor
Joongi Kim,
Professor
Chang-Hee Lee,
Professor
Ilhyung Lee,
Professor Andrew Lin,
Professor Wen-cheng Lin,
Professor Chin-Shou Wang,
Professor
Jiunn-rong Yeh