• The Korean Journal of Air & Space Law and Policy
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.33-62
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• 2020

The current air transportation industry is facing a lot of changes not only in the quantitative growth of the market, but also in the legal aspects. For many years, the Warsaw Convention has contributed to the uniform discipline of civil carriers' legal liabilities arising from international aviation accident and has fulfilled the duties of legal guardians for the development of the air transport industry. In the process, however, the consumer interests of the air transport industry did not have much protection compared to other industries. In response, the Montreal Convention has effected for protecting the interests of aviation consumers, and there are numerous legal changes around the world to protect aviation consumers like passengers. The mental damages of airline passengers arising from the accident can also be understood as part of the protection of air consumers. Considering that the US Federal Court has dealt with the recognition of mental damages for air passengers since the early 1990s. However, Korean judicial precedent still excludes mental anguishes from the scope of damage compensation. From this point of view, it is considered academically meaningful to analyze the latest case of the US federal court. Recently, the United States Court of Appeal for the Sixth Circuit in Doe v Etihad Airways applied a different interpretation against the traditional opinion: passengers could not recover for mental distress unless that mental distress resulted from a bodily injury sustained in an airplane accident. The background of the court's conclusions can be explained in many ways, among other things, unlike the Warsaw Convention the new international rule, Montreal Convention is recognizing the importance of ensuring protection of the interests of consumers in international carriage by air and the need for equitable compensation based on the principle of restitution.

• The Journal of Small Business Innovation
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.51-66
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• 2017

Online and wireless communications have dramatically changed the contents industry marketplace. Content transactions are now instantaneous as distribution channels move from the 'mart' to smart platforms, creating opportunities for content creators large and small. Yet with opportunity comes the threat of imbalance in the industry ecosystem. In order to ensure the health and diversity of an industry that relies so heavily on the welfare of small creative enterprises, it is essential to establish rules for the fair transaction of content rights. Several structural forces may work against such rules: first, the industry consists of a large number of small distributor intermediary businesses (e.g. major publishers); second, end distributors (e. g. platforms) maintain a superior, monopsony position; and third, economic valuation of content is difficult. In terms of acquisition business model, rights transactions can be classified into three general models: (1) license model, (2) original acquisition model, and (3) monopsony model. This study explores the publishing industry in detail, considering key statutes and their operation across the models. From analysis of Korea and the US statutes and case law, and decisions of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) of Korea, we offer evaluation criteria for discerning between fair and unfair content rights transactions. We further recommend industry practice that may enhance the likelihood for fair content rights transactions, and thus a thriving publishing ecosystem.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.340-343
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• 2004

The purposes of this study is to survey unfair aspect of specific provisions in the construction contract. The research method of this stud)'includes judicial precedents and a questionnaier survey. The result of thus study are as follows: 1) unfair payment condition gives increase to faulty construction. 2) shift of the responsibility gives increase to delay, 3) adjusted contract sum gives increase inappropriate compensation to contractor.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Child Welfare
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• no.58
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• pp.47-76
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• 2017

This study aimed to examine how strictly child-related sexual crimes were sentenced in Korea. The target cases of the study included eight cases that were appealed to the Supreme Court between 2000 and 2015. The main findings of the assessment of the eight cases indicated that there were sentences with lower terms than laws regarding sexual crimes against children. While laws should be strictly applied to cases of sexual crimes against children, the level of penalty was found to be relatively generous compared to the applicable laws. In particular, the reason for the crimes, the lack of any history of sexual crimes by the perpetrator, the perpetrator's relationship with the child victim, forgiveness from the children, and regret of the perpetrator were found to reduce sentences. Comparatively, the exploitation of parent status, the accusation of the perpetrator, and the lack of mutual consent were factored in consideration of harsher sentences. The findings suggest that it is necessary to reexamine the levels of sentences related to sexual crimes against children.

• Informatization Policy
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.3-22
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• 2010

This study reviewed and ascertained policy researches relating to the Internet in the field of communication. With using a meta-analysis, this study attempts to classify 44 academic papers from 2000 to 2009 by research theme, methodology, theoretic rationale, related sub-theme, and targeted service and area. It is found that the themes of preceding researches examined herein were limited to the 4th domain in Developmental Model of Media Research. Such researches mainly relied on exploratory studies and only a few of them addressed theoretic rationales. Also, most of Internet regulation discussions focused on content regulation and general internet service. Lastly, researchers discussed laws having bearing on the Internet and social-cultural issues of the Internet.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.100-100
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• 2011

2011년 1월 약 5년에 걸쳐 공방을 이어오던 서울시와 한국수자원공사(수공)와의 물값 분쟁 사례에 대한 대법원의 판결이 내려졌다. 서울시는 댐용수 사용료로 지불한 약 677억에 대한 부당이득금 반환 청구소송을 제기하였고, 이에 대하여 수공은 한강 취수장 물값 114억원을 청구하는 소송을 제기하였다. 결론적으로 대법원은 수공의 손을 들어줌으로서 기나긴 물값 분쟁 사례의 종지부를 찍었다. 본 사례는 대법원이 하천점용허가의 본질을 언급하는 등 향후 물값 관련 분쟁이 발생하는 경우 중요한 선례로 기능하게 될 것이다. 본 연구는 기득수리권 물량의 허용범위에 대하여 2011년 대법원 판결을 중심으로 분석하였다. 기득수리물량의 총합으로 용수료를 계산하고자 한 서울시의 주장에 대하여 각 취수장별 계약량 산정을 주장한 한국수자원공사의 논리에 대하여 대전지방법원 및 대법원의 판결을 중심으로 법적인 분석을 시도하였다. 특히, "민법" 제104조에서 규정하고 있는 '불공정한 법률행위'를 통하여 서울시와 수자원공사 간의 계약상의 하자에 대하여 분석하였다. 수리권과 관련하여 물값 분쟁에 대한 명확한 지침을 제시하는 판례를 찾기는 쉽지 않다. 민법 상의 기득수리권 규정과 하천법 상의 허가수리권 규정이 충돌하면서 명확한 법적인 해석이 곤란한 실정이다. 선서례구속의 의미에서도 본 대법원 판결은 중요한 의미를 가진다고 할 수 있다. 따라서 본 사례에 대한 상세하고 지석적인 분석을 통하여 우리나라 수리권 제도를 재 규명하기 위한 이론적인 토대로 삼는 것이 중요하다고 할 수 있다. 판결문을 중심으로 사례연구를 수행한 본 연구는 다음 두 가지 점에서 의의를 가진다. 첫째는 '공익성'이 높은 물값에 대한 객관적인 판단을 가능하게 하였다는 점, 그리고 둘째는 실질적인 물값 제도개선을 위한 중요한 선행연구로서의 가치를 가진다는 점이다.

• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.20
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• pp.141-176
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• 2003

This paper examined how Korean courts conceptualized and applied public interest defense of Penal Code to the libel cases raised by socially influential persons. For this, this paper analyzed a total of 58 libel cases in which 'public interest' was mentioned by Korean courts between 1981 and 2000. It was found that whereas truth or believed-to-be-true defense is emphasized In libel cases by politicians or public officials, public interest defense was emphasized in the cases by private figures. It was also found that Korean courts tended to think of matters related with 1) national security and social order, 2) prevention of asocial crime, 3) enlightening of public, and 4) protection of consumers' interest as public interest. Conclusively, 'public interest' is not simply applied as an independent legal defense, because Korean courts insistently concentrated on the truth of a story and did not even specifically define what is public interest. Constitution Court recently maintained that the slope of legal defense should be broadened when a story is about public matters. However, Korean courts will not be likely to accept public interest defense as an independent one for the time being.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.67 no.4
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• pp.181-202
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• 2015

This article is aiming at finding the character of social welfare corporations and at finding whether the outside director system is constitutional or not. These two issues are closely interrelated with each other. After examining critically existing studies and precedents that have seen the character of social welfare corporations as public sector or private sector, the present study suggests the dualism that divides social welfare corporations into facility corporations and support corporations and that finds the character of facility corporations and support corporations respectively. According to the dualism, even if outside director system for the facility corporations restricts the right to manage the corporations the system is seen as being constitutional because the corporations are more likely to be public sector so that the principle of private autonomy would not be applied to them. While outside director system for the support corporations is seen as being unconstitutional because the corporations are more likely to be private sector so that the principle of private autonomy would be applied to them. So, this article suggests the amendment of Social Welfare Service Act through which the different character of the facility corporations and support corporations can be respected and the diversity of social welfare corporations and social welfare services can be realized.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.241-265
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• 2013

The purpose of this paper is to examine the Banks's Examination of Documents in the L/C Transactions. Most of all, this article deals with one of most important aspects of the law on documentary credits, namely, the compliance of documents presented with the terms and conditions of a letter of credit. In addition, the general principles of strict compliance will be considered and in the next, the requirements of specific documents such as invoices, transport documents and insurance policies. This area of letter of credit law is shaped not only by judge-made decisions but also the articles of Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, the International Standard Banking Practice(ISBP Publication No.745) prepared by the Banking Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce as well as the position papers and opinions of the latter. Whether a document complies with the terms of a letter of credit is essentially a matter of examination and construction of the document in question against the terms of the letter of credit under which it is presented, articles of the UCP, ISBP as well as the opinions and statements of the Banking Committee. Most of all this article was focused on provisions of UCP600. Comparison with provisions of UCP500 have been drawn where appropriate.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.231-246
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• 2009

The time charterer depends on speed and bunker consumption rate of time chartered vessel because it is related charterers' benefit. It is important role of stipulated speed and daily bunker consumption rate at the Time Charter Party, it is generated any dispute against speed and daily bunker consumption rate deficiency. The case of dispute is a restricted word of stipulated speed and daily bunker consumption rate at Charter Party as "about", "good weather or good weather day", "smooth water", "ocean current" and "without guarantee". It happens a dispute against speed and daily bunker consumption rate because it is not well-educated as a vessel operator regarding Time Charter Party interpretation.