Wrongful Deaths
Selected Inquest Records from Nineteenth-Century Korea
Nonfiction, History, Asian, Korea, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780295804965 | |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press | Publication: | March 28, 2014 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780295804965 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press |
| Publication: | March 28, 2014 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press |
| Language: | English |
This collection presents and analyzes inquest records that tell the stories of ordinary Korean people under the Choson court (1392-1910). Extending the study of this period, usually limited to elites, into the realm of everyday life, each inquest record includes a detailed postmortem examination and features testimony from everyone directly or indirectly related to the incident. The result is an amazingly vivid, colloquial account of the vibrant, multifaceted sociocultural and legal culture of early modern Korea.
This collection presents and analyzes inquest records that tell the stories of ordinary Korean people under the Choson court (1392-1910). Extending the study of this period, usually limited to elites, into the realm of everyday life, each inquest record includes a detailed postmortem examination and features testimony from everyone directly or indirectly related to the incident. The result is an amazingly vivid, colloquial account of the vibrant, multifaceted sociocultural and legal culture of early modern Korea.
