Problem Based Learning in Legal Education -An Observation through Pilot Classes-

The author introduces 'Problem Based Learning ('PBL') comparing with a case method and a problem method. Then he conducts two pilot classes on constitutional law and commercial papers to see the possibility of its application to legal education. Four students participate in two pilot classes respectively, in which meet four times for one topic each. After monitoring those classes, he concludes that PBL can enhance the effectiveness of learning in legal education and finds three merits; PBL assists students to play a more active role in the class, induces students to solve problems independently, and makes the learning situation real. The demerit of PBL, he observes, is that it is a costly method as students should spend more time and institutions should provide more manpower and materials. He suggests more empirical researches on alternative teaching methods, including PBL, to a lecture in legal education

한국의 부실기업 구조조정 사례 연구

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Insolvency law in Korea

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Globalization in legal education of Korea

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Personal bankruptcy in Korea: Challenges and responses

The number of credit delinquents in Korea had been growing steadily since 1997 and had reached 3,700,000 by the end of 2003, which was about 8.4% of the population. The government initiated several support programs, but the number of credit delinquents has decreased very slowly. In order to allow for successful recovery of credit delinquents, it is imperative to reduce debts in a more comprehensive manner, to clear the impediments for easy use of personal bankruptcy mechanisms, and to provide incentives to encourage debtors to make progress on their repayment plans. While there has been much change in terms of learning to live with bankruptcy as an inevitable part of a market economy, there is still much to be done. The reality of "moral hazard" in bankruptcy discharge should be uncovered. Legal restraints discriminating against bankrupts must be removed. The repayment period of individual rehabilitation and individual workouts must be shortened to three years. Personal guarantors for debtors in rehabilitation proceedings should be protected as much as the debtors are during the repayment period in rehabilitation proceedings. Debtors need to be able to keep their mortgaged residences during the proceedings. The history of insolvency has shown that society can benefit as much as or more than debtors themselves from the discharge of unpaid debts because with a fresh start the debtor has an incentive to work hard. The starting point to personal bankruptcy law reform is this belief. Copyright © 2006 The Berkeley Electronic Press. All rights reserved