Among the broad areas of interest, my focus of research involves two: (1) legal studies or jurisprudence in general(법학 일반), with a focus on philosophy of law(법철학); (2) the mutual implications between science-technology and law(과학기술과 법 서로 간의 영향과 함축). As for philosophy of law, I am primarily interested in the “methodological” issues in law and jurisprudence(법철학의 방법론적 쟁점들). To take some topics of interest, I am interested in (i) analytical methodology in jurisprudence(법학의 분석적 방법론), (ii) naturalism or empirical studies as an alternative approach to law(법학의 자연화/과학화), (iii) the status and role of thought experiments and analogies in law or jurisprudence(법학에서의 사고실험과 유추). In addition to the methodological issues, the “normative” issues(자유, 정의, 평등, 책임 등 법철학의 규범적 쟁점들) such as legal equality, justice and responsibility captivate my interest as well.Regarding science and technology law, my interest extends largely in two directions. The first goes from law to science-technology, addressing how to regulate or promote science and technologies using legal or policy means. Intellectual property law(지식재산권법) or bioethics and law(생명윤리법) can best illustrate this line of work. The work in the second direction, which has been less explored but is quite important, deals with the implications from science-technology to law. This line of work may concern the disciplines such as the so-called ‘neurolaw’(신경법학), ‘cognitive studies of law’(인지법학) and ‘evolutionary studies of law.’(진화법학)
EDUCATION
2013 Seoul National University (PhD in Law)
2011 National Institute for Lifelong Education (LLB)
2005 University of Oxford Research Student in Philosophy
2003 University of California at San Diego(UCSD) Graduate Coursework in Philosophy
1998 Seoul National University (MS in History and Philosophy of Science)
1994 Seoul National University (BS in Physics)
WORK EXPERIENCE
2019. 3. ~ :Present, Associate Professor, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology(GIST)
2014 ~ 2019. 2. : Assistant Professor, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology(GIST)
2013 ~ 2014 : Postdoctoral Researcher, Ewha Institute for Biomedical Law & Ethics, Ewha Womans University
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Books
- Naturalism in Jurisprudence, Seoul National University Law Series, Kyungin-munhwasa (in Press; in Korean) 12/2014
Book Chapter
- “The Conceptual and Normative Significance of Posthumans”, Humans in the Posthuman Age, Acanet, 2016
Journal Articles
- “Robot Ethics vs. Robot Law: Apart and Together”, Studies in Legal Philosophy 20(2): 7-44 (in Korean)
- “Ways of Naturalizing Jurisprudence”, Asian Legal Philosophy, 3(1): 45-59 (in English)
- “Philosophical Anthropology of Human Enhancement”, Philosophy of Science 18(3): 129-149 (in Korean)
- “What, How Much, and How to Naturalize Jurisprudence? Brian Leiter’s Ambitious but Careful Naturalization Project”, Studies in Legal
Philosophy 16(1) (in Korean) 04/2014
- “How Free Can Humans Be in the Age of Biotechnological Human Enhancement: An Analysis of Habermas’s Argument from Autonomy”, Ewha
Law Journal 33(1) (in Korean) 03/2014
- “The Significance and Intellectual Sources of Naturalized Jurisprudence” Law and Society 44(2) (in Korean) 06/2013
- “What is Hart’s Internal Point of View?” Studies in Legal Philosophy 16(1) (in Korean) 04/2013
- “What, How Much, and How to Naturalize Jurisprudence? Brian Leiter’s Ambitious but Careful Naturalization Project”, Studies in Legal
Philosophy 16(1) (in Korean) 04/2014
- “How Free Can Humans Be in the Age of Biotechnological Human Enhancement: An Analysis of Habermas’s Argument from Autonomy”, Ewha
Law Journal 33(1) (in Korean) 03/2014
- “Ethics of Neuroscientific Technologies for Controlling Minds”, Bioethics Forum, Korea National Institute for Bioethics
Policy 3(1) (in Korean) 03/2014
- “The Analytical Methodology and Metaphysics of Hart’s Legal Philosophy”, Hongik Law Review 15(1): 91-114 (in Korean) 02/2014
- “The Significance and Intellectual Sources of Naturalized Jurisprudence” Law and Society 44(2) (in Korean) 06/2013
- “What is Hart’s Internal Point of View?” Studies in Legal Philosophy 16(1) (in Korean) 04/2013
- “What is Hart’s Internal Point of View?” Studies in Legal Philosophy 16(1) (in Korean) 04/2013
TEACHING
Bioethics and Law
Human Rights Law: Issues in Human Rights in the Contemporary Society
Intellectual Property Law (expected)
Law and Justice: Ideas and Reality (expected)
Legal Thinking and Scientific Thinking (expected)
Neurolaw: Neuroscience and the Law (expected)
Science Studies(STS) and Law (expected)
DETAILED MAJOR
Jurisprudence(Philosophy of Law); Science and Technology Law; Bioethics and Law
