[Choi Kyungpil's Book Column] If You Don't Know the Law, You Will Suffer.

A Book That Easily Explains How to Avoid Legal Disputes

Everyone boldly claims they can live without the law, but when suddenly involved in a traffic accident or caught for drunk driving, they inevitably become flustered.

How shocking and painful it must be when you suddenly move and lose your jeonse deposit. How great would it be if there were an easy way to resolve legal disputes that anyone might face in life on their own.

If you seek a lawyer, you have to bear enormous fees immediately, and no matter how much you search the internet, it’s hard to find answers that perfectly fit your situation. There are actually many moments when just knowing basic legal knowledge can prevent unfair treatment.

A book that provides those answers has recently been published, revealing accident and incident prevention methods by a current prosecutor’s office official rather than a lawyer, so let’s trust and take a look first. Surely, a prosecutor’s office employee wouldn’t deceive readers.

The new work by Kang Byung-cheol, a current prosecutor investigator working at the Suncheon branch of the Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office, titled “Was There Such a Thing in the Law?” (Moabooks), confidently contains what kind of content?

Everyone thinks they are a “person who can live without the law,” but in reality, incidents and accidents happen frequently, and conflicts with others arise often.

After something happens, everyone says, “I didn’t mean to, and I didn’t know such a law existed,” but when a crime is established and punishment is required, it’s impossible not to be flustered.

The author, a current prosecutor investigator, regrets that people lack understanding of legal knowledge between everyday actions and illegal acts, and introduces the basic common sense and legal knowledge one must know to live as a sincere and healthy citizen in this society.

Also, through various everyday cases, it provides legal knowledge to live freely and comfortably without getting involved in unnecessary disputes.

Unfamiliar legal terms are explained in detail, and each case’s beginning and conclusion are introduced thoroughly, making it a practical guidebook that can be immediately applied to real-life situations.

Chapter 1 on criminal law covers everything from property damage, easily overlooked trespassing, property damage caused by pets and violations of the Animal Protection Act, fare evasion turning into robbery, careless words in cyberspace, dine-and-dash that can be fraud, differences between theft and property damage, cases where intent is recognized even if unintended, obstruction of rights exercise, forgery of official documents committed without much guilt, strange establishment of threats, how to deal with domestic violence, to common occurrences like drunk violence?providing legal knowledge that even lawyers rarely explain about the various minor and major illegal acts happening around us daily.

Shared property such as in apartments can become theft if taken carelessly as if it were one’s own. Minor acts committed out of ignorance of the law frequently occur in our lives. What are the distinctions and criteria for general traffic obstruction, assault, and injury, which are unfamiliar crime names?

If you have been unable to resolve your questions until now, you will find answers in this book. Knowing the law helps you avoid trouble and the path of a criminal.

Book columnist, Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters guest reporter Choi Kyung-pil

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