Executive Education Programme "Foundations of Korean Law" - Launch Spring 2025
Photo: Leonard Kosub
The Republic of Korea is a nation of rapidly growing international economic, technological and political importance. Moreover, there has been a sharp rise in students ‘interest in Korea in recent years, also fuelled by Korean popular culture. Nonetheless, there are only a few degree programmes on Korea in Germany, and none at all in the field of law. Therefore, lawyers who want to specialise in Korea have to take a double or second degree in Korean studies.
For more than ten years, initiated by Jun. Prof. Dr Weitzdörfer ‘s predecessor, Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Marutschke, there have been efforts and preparations to expand the range of programmes from the established programme on Japanese law offered by the FernUniversität to the legal systems of other East Asian countries. Johann In-Ho Kim, who headed the Department of Japanese Law from 2013 to 2016, continued the project. Since Jun. Prof. Dr Weitzdörfer took over the Junior Professorship for East Asian Law, focus has been on further expanding to other legal systems.
Right after the relaunch of the fully updated executive educations programme on Japanese law in January 2024, the Junior professorship of East Asian Law has developed a new executive education programme on Korean law as its first offering on another East Asian legal system. This new executive education programme will start at the end of 2024, being the first university degree in Korean law outside of East Asia.
Foto: Julius WeitzdörferThe eleven new course books were developed by seasoned experts from renowned universities, who were commissioned by Prof. Dr Weitzdörfer during a trip to Korea last year. The content of the executive education programme was designed similarly to the existing programme on Japanese law. This way, it will be possible to offer a modular LL.M. of East Asian Law consisting of the programme on Korea and the programme on Taiwan, planned for 2025, as well as the existing content on Japan.
Further information will be available on this website shortly. The basic requirements for participation in the executive education programme and the examination regulations are congruent with those of the Japanese law programme, which can be found here.
If you have any questions concerning the new programme or would like to register as a prospective student, please contact us at eastasianlaw.
Curriculum
Module 0: Methodological Approach (10 ECTS)
Programme unit CL - Introduction to Comparative Law
Modul 1: Öffentliches Recht (10 ECTS)
Programme unit K1 - Korea: Society, Politics and Economy - Prof. Dr. Eun-Jeung Lee (Freie Universität Berlin)
Programme unit K2 - Historical Background of the Private Law System - Prof. Dr. Sang-Yong Kim (Emeritus Yonsei University)
Programme unit K3 - Judicial System in the Past and Present - Prof. Dr. Woo-Jin Choi (Korea University)
Programme unit K4 - Constitutional Law I: State Organisation Law - Prof. Dr. Kwang-Seok Cheon (Yonsei University)
Programme unit K5 - Constitutional Law II: Fundamental Rights - Prof. Dr. Kwang-Seok Cheon (Yonsei University)
Programme unit K6 - Criminal Law - Prof. Dr. Jong-Hwan Kim (Yonsei University)
Module 2: Private Law (10 ECTS)
Programme unit K7 - Private Law I: Overview - Prof. Dr. Dschungmo-Ivo Seong (University of Seoul)
Programme unit K8 - Private Law II: General Part of the Korean Civil Code - Prof. Kyung-Ho Ha (Emeritiert, Korea University)
Programme unit K9 - Private Law III: Contract Law General Part - Privatrecht III: Vertragsrecht allgemeiner Teil - Prof. Byung-Jun Lee (Korea University) / Prof. Kim Hwa (Ehwa Womans University)
Programme unit K10 - Private Law IV: Contract Law Special Part - Prof. Byung-Jun Lee (Korea University)
Programme unit K11 - Private Law V: Property Law - Prof. Dr. Jin-Ki Lee (Sung Kyun Kwan University)
Seminar (10 ECTS)
In addition, the following elective modules are being developed and will be offered as optional units in the future:
Elective Module 3: Specialisation in Private Law (10 ECTS)
Programme unit K12 - Family Law - N.N.
Programme unit K13 - Management without Mandate and Unjust Enrichment - Prof. Dr. Kyu-Wan Kim (Korea University) / Dr. Daegu Sung (Forschungsinstitut für Justizpolitik am Obersten Gerichtshof Südkorea)
Programme unit K14 – Tort Law - Prof. Dr. Sang-Joong Kim
