Abstract
As a product of intellectual studies and scholarly arguments, the philosophy of law is not thought to impact social reality directly. The development of Korean legal philosophy reveals a different picture. Over the past seventy years, Korean scholars have accepted Western legal philosophy while advancing their thoughts and evaluating legal philosophy’s role in Korean society. Until the 1980s, Korea’s modern legal system was not properly established, and legal philosophical research was not sufficiently developed. Nonetheless, ideas of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, rooted in the Western legal tradition, attracted young students, and provided a strong foundation for their views. During Japan’s colonization of Korea, Japanese authorities accepted a Western legal system, incorporated it into their legal system, and applied it to Korean society. Though Koreans felt a great sense of heterogeneity, they did not seek to resolve the disparity or adapt themselves to it.
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