International Academic Conference on civil Law in East Asia
- 법학전문대학원
- Hit1446
- 2019-11-08
The Graduate School of Law at Sungkyunkwan University
and the Institute for East Asian Law and Politics (Director Kwon Chul)
successfully hosted the "International Academic Conference on civil Law in
East Asia" on October 26, 2019 (Full Schedule 25-28) with the Korean Civil
Law Society (Chungang University Professor Kim Dae-jung).
Since its inception in 2011 as an association of
leading civil law societies in China, Japan and Taiwan under the initiative of
the Korean Civil Law Society, ‘the East Asian Civil Law International
Conference’ has held academic conferences at universities representing several
countries. The topic was the "Material Rights Transaction Law of East
Asia," in which most chairmen and presenters of each country's civil law
societies visited Korea, bringing the number of delegates from each country to
around 40 and continuing heated academic exchanges with about 50 Korean
participants.
Delegates from each country met on the evening of
October 25 (Friday) at Samcheonggak's Yuyujeong Pavilion participated in the
academic conference from the early morning of October 26 (Saturday). Starting
with a congratulatory message by Cho Jae-yeon, an alumnus of Sungkyunkwan as
well as Supreme Court Justice, the opening ceremony was followed by
congratulatory messages by local and foreign guests such as Min Man-ki, Court
Chief Justice, and Lee Yong-gu, judicial office director.
After that, presentations from all four sessions at the conference were
progressed.
This academic conference became an opportunity to
promote not only academic achievement but also historical and cultural
traditions and high-tech facilities of Sungkyunkwan University. After luncheon
at the Faculty Club of the 600th Anniversary Hall, participants toured the old
Sungkyunkwan campus, visiting members of the Munmyo Shrine (Myeongryundang, the
cathedral) and said that they realized that it was a cradle of learning in name
and substance.
After the closing ceremony of the academic conference that lasted until the evening, they continued heated debate enjoying a dinner at Okryucheon.
On October 27(Sun) meeting and Supreme Court excursion
as part of academic event were held and in the afternoon cultural events visiting
Insa-dong, Samcheong-dong, Gyeongbok Palace were gone on, feeling deepening
fall.In the evening prior discussion of academic event,
expected to hold in China next year was progressed reviewing successful
academic event in Sungkyunkwan University in Korea. After that, in the morning
on October 28(Mon) delegates of Japan, China and Taiwan left for their own
home.