Professor Ha Tae-young of Dong-A University Law School Publishes 'Read-Aloud Criminal Law Cases' and 'Read-Aloud Criminal Procedure Law Cases'

Summary of Over 100 Supreme Court Case Opinions... "Aspiration to Improve Legal Education Methods"

Dong-A University (President Lee Hae-woo) announced that Professor Ha Tae-young of the Law School has published two commemorative research books for the 70th anniversary of the enactment of the Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, titled Reading Criminal Law Cases and Reading Criminal Procedure Law Cases.

Professor Ha Tae-young of Dong-A University Law School, who published the recitation criminal law casebook and the recitation criminal procedure law casebook.

Professor Ha included Supreme Court rulings on criminal law and criminal procedure law delivered in 2023 in these two books. He selected 60 important rulings in the field of criminal law and 41 in the field of criminal procedure law, as chosen by the Supreme Court Case Bulletin.

A total of 101 rulings interpreting contemporary Korean society through legal provisions from 70 years ago are introduced.

Since the books contain many current case rulings, they are easy and enjoyable for anyone to read. The case commentaries are broken into short sentences and refined like poetry, highlighting a unique perspective that emphasizes ‘law’ and ‘literature,’ ‘language,’ and further ‘legal humanities,’ receiving praise from academia.

Professor Ha said, “Just as believers read the Bible, Buddhist scriptures, and Tao Te Ching aloud, I wanted to read Supreme Court rulings aloud. I hoped to deepen sentence study while reading and wished to improve legal education methods. I hope this helps with love for the Korean language, sentence study, social understanding, crime understanding, legal understanding, legal principle understanding, and understanding of criminal trials.”

He added, “It is even more meaningful that these books were created in my research office at Dong-A University Bumin Campus, located on the former site of the Busan District Court where the Criminal Law (1953) and Criminal Procedure Law (1954) were born. I have refined the rulings interpreted through those provisions at the birthplace of criminal law. I will continue to refine legal sentences and rulings so that the law can come closer to citizens.”

Professor Ha has been dedicated to popularizing law through a unique format, consistently publishing a series on legal sentence theory with the theme ‘Law Should Be Easy to Read,’ including laws such as the Medical Law, Bioethics Law, and the Corruption Investigation Office Law. His research works include Strengthening Criminal Law Provisions and Criminal Philosophy and Criminal Policy (2008 Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Excellent Academic Book), and he received the 2014 Academic Award from the Korean Society of Comparative Criminal Law.

Notably, he also received the 8th Lee Byung-ju Literary Research Award in 2022 for his book Night Has Fallen, which contains summaries, commentaries, and quotations of 10 works by novelist Narim Lee Byung-ju, deeply analyzing the legal principles appearing in the novels.

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