The following guide selectively covers sources for South Korean law and academic research materials available at Harvard Law School, Harvard University, or through open internet sources. Aimed at U.S.-based researchers, English-language sources are preferentially featured.
South Korean legal materials are shelved in the Reading Room on the fourth floor of the library. The call number range is KPA 1 to KPA 4990.
The Law School Library has a good subject collection, but the Yenching Library has the larger collection for South Korea.
South Korea is a civil law system. Case law is secondary. The body of available case law in English is limited.
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