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Title Confucianism, law, and democracy in contemporary Korea / edited by Sungmoon Kim
Published London : Rowman and Littlefield International, Limited, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 225 pages)
Series East Asian comparative ethics, politics and philosophy of law
Contents Introduction -- Sungmoon Kim -- Part I: In Search of Confucian Constitutionalism in the Korean Context -- 1. Conceptualizing Korean Constitutionalism: Foreign Transplant or Indigenous Tradition?, Chaihark Hahm 2. Confucianism that Confounds: Constitutional Jurisprudence on Filial Piety in Korea, Marie Seong-Hak Kim / 3. Locating Feminism beyond Gender and Culture: A Case of the Family-Head System in South Korea, Hee-Kang Kim / 4 Civil Confucianism in South Korea: Liberal Rights, Confucian Reasoning, and Gender Equality, Sungmoon Kim / Part II: Liberalism, Democracy, and Confucianism Doubts and Hopes / 5. Qualitative Defects of Korean Constitutional Democracy and Political Rationalism as a Confucian Legacy, Bi Hwan Kim / 6. Confucianism and the Meaning of Liberalism in the Contemporary Korean Legal System, Junghoon Lee / 7. Confucius for Our time: Reflections on Politics, Law, and Ethics, Fred Dallmayr / Part III: Epilogue / 8. On Confucian Constitutionalism in Korea: A Metacommentary, Hwa Yol Jung / Acknowledgments / Contributors / Index
Summary A collection of original essays developing a Confucian political and legal theory, focusing on South Korea, traditionally the most Confucian East Asian country in its legal, political, and cultural practices
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Law -- Korea (South)
Democracy -- Korea (South)
Confucianism -- Korea (South)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Confucianism.
Democracy.
Law.
Politics and government.
SUBJECT Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Subject Korea (South)
Form Electronic book
Author Kim, Sungmoon
LC no. 2021675437
ISBN 9781783482252
1783482257