This book shows how Western legal philosophy has been accepted in Korea, a non-Western country that has newly introduced the Western legal system and what role the legal philosophy has played in social context.

Jeong-Oh Kim is Professor at Law School, Yonsei University. He received B.A. and M.A. in law from Yonsei University in Korea and S.J.D. degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served as the president of the Korean Association of Legal Philosophy and as the president of the Korean Association of Legal Sociology. Also he was a dean of Yonsei Law School. He published many articles on critical legal studies and social theories of law, and conducted empirical researches on civil litigation and public litigation to reveal the changing trend of Korean legal culture.

Hak-Tai Kim is Professor at Law School, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He received Dr. iur. from University of Saarbruecken in Germany. He served as the president of Korean Association of Legal Philosophy and as Senior Vice President of Financial and External Affairs at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He published several books in Korea: Time of Life and Human Dignity in Modern Medical Science; Interpretation and Application of Law; Law and Truth.

Joon-Seok Park is Professor at Law School, Jeonbuk National University. He received Ph.D. from Seoul National University and served as research director of Korean Association of Legal Philosophy. He published several books in Korea; Making Law Intelligible--Essays in Legal Ideas; The Concept of Authority.

Dong-Ryong Shin is Professor at School of Law, Kangwon National University. He received Ph.D. from Yonsei University. He served as the general secretary of Korean Association of Legal Philosophy. He spent a year as a visiting scholar at College of Law, Exeter University in the United Kingdom. He published articles on communitarianism, copyright and western legal philosophy of middle age.