유기천의 법사상

Abstract

Kichyon Yu(July 5. 1915―June 27. 1998), known as Paul K. Ryu in English-speaking world, was a prominent legal scholar in the contemporary Korea. Dr. Chanjin Kim says, It is not an exaggeration to call him a pioneer in the reception of American jurisprudence in Korea, a mentor of overseas studies by many promising Korean lawyers and the King of Korean criminal Law.(Chanjin Kim, Dr. Paul K. Ryu as we know him, in: Festschrift for Prof. Dr. Paul K. Ryu, Bakyoungsa, 1998). In this paper, this author tries to analyse the inner world of Ryu's legal academism. Main themes are his theories and assertions on 1) Korean culture, 2) Criminal Law, 3) Academic Freedom, 4) Legal Education, and 5) Legal Philosophy.