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Confucianism, law, and democracy in contemporary Korea / edited by Sungmoon Kim.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- East Asian comparative ethics, politics and philosophy of law.
- East Asian comparative ethics, politics and philosophy of law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Korea (South).
- Law.
- Democracy--Korea (South).
- Democracy.
- Confucianism--Korea (South).
- Confucianism.
- Politics and government.
- Korea (South)--Politics and government--21st century.
- Korea (South).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Rowman and Littlefield International, Limited, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; I: In Search of Confucian Constitutionalism in the Korean Context; 1 Conceptualizing Korean Constitutionalism; 2 Confucianism That Confounds; 3 Locating Feminism beyond Gender and Culture; 4 Civil Confucianism in South Korea; II: Liberalism, Democracy, and Confucianism: Doubts and Hopes; 5 Qualitative Defects of Korean Constitutional Democracy and Political Rationalism as a Confucian Legacy; 6 Confucianism and the Meaning of Liberalism in the Contemporary Korean Legal System; 7 Confucius for Our Time; III: Epilogue; 8 On Confucian Constitutionalism in Korea
- AcknowledgmentsIndex; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-8181-308-6
- 1-78348-224-9
- 1-78348-225-7
- OCLC:
- 905490898
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