Law and Custom in Korea: Comparative Legal History - Paperbackby Marie Seong Hak Kim (Author) This book sets forth the evolution of Korea's law and legal system from the Chosn dynasty through the colonial and postcolonial modern periods. This is the first book in English that comprehensively studies Korean legal history in comparison with European legal history, with particular emphasis on customary law. Korea's passage to Romano German civil law under Japanese rule marked a drastic departure from its indigenous