Rules of the House: Family Law and Domestic Disputes in Colonial Korea (Volume 2) (Global Korea)

At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit [www.luminosoa.org](http://www.luminosoa.org) to learn more.__Rules of the House__offers a dynamic revisionist account of the Japanese colonial rule of Korea (1910–1945) by examining the roles of women in the civil courts. Challenging the dominant view that women were victimized by the Japanese family laws and its patriarchal biases, Sungyun Lim argues that Korean women had to struggle equally against Korean patriarchal interests. Moreover, women were not passive victims; instead, they proactively struggled to expand their rights by participating in the Japanese colonial legal system. In turn, the Japanese doctrine of promoting progressive legal rights would prove advantageous to them. Following female plaintiffs and their civil disputes from the precolonial Choson dynasty through colonial times and into postcolonial reforms, this book presents a new and groundbreaking story about Korean women’s legal struggles, revealing their surprising collaborative relationship with the colonial state. Rules Of The House Offers A Dynamic Revisionist Account Of The Japanese Colonial Rule Of Korea (1910-1945) Through The Lens Of Women In The Civil Courts. Challenging The Dominant Understanding That Women Were Victimized By The Japanese Family Laws (i.e., The Meiji Civil Code) And Its Patriarchal Biases, Sungyun Lim Argues That Korean Women Were Not Passive Victims, But Instead Proactively Struggled To Expand Their Rights By Aggressively Participating In The Japanese Colonial Legal System. This Would In Turn From Advantageous Under The Japanese Motto Of Promoting Progress And Civilization. Following Women And Their Civil Disputes From The Pre-colonial Choson Dynasty, Through The Colonial Times, And Into The Postcolonial Reforms, This Book Presents A New And Groundbreaking Story About Korean Women's Legal Struggles, Revealing Their Surprising Collaborative Relationship With The Colonial State. Lim Thus Expands The Understanding Of The Japanese Assimilation Policy In Korea, Substantially Revising The Conventional Focus On The Japanese Assault On Korean Ethnic Identity. In So Doing, She Bridges The Long-held Fissure Between Historiography Of The Former Metropole Of Japan From The Former Colonies, And Places Colonial Family Laws In The Larger Context Of Legal Reconfiguration Of The Japanese Empire--provided By Publisher. Widows On The Margins Of The Family -- Widowed Household-heads And The New Boundary Of The Family -- Arguing For Daughters' Inheritance Rights -- Conjugal Love And Conjugal Family On Trial -- Consolidating The Household Across The 1945 Divide. Sungyun Lim. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 157-167) And Index. "Rules of the House offers a dynamic revisionist account of the Japanese colonial rule of Korea (1910-1945) through the lens of women in the civil courts. Challenging the dominant understanding that women were victimized by the Japanese family laws (i.e., the Meiji Civil Code) and its patriarchal biases, Sungyun Lim argues that Korean women were not passive victims, but instead proactively struggled to expand their rights by aggressively participating in the Japanese colonial legal system. In turn, the Japanese doctrine of promoting progressive legal rights would prove advantageous to them. Following women and their civil disputes from the pre-colonial Choson dynasty, through the colonial times, and into the postcolonial reforms, this book presents a new and groundbreaking story about Korean women's legal struggles, revealing their surprising collaborative relationship with the colonial state. Lim thus expands the understanding of the Japanese assimilation policy in Korea, substantially revising the conventional focus on the Japanese assault on Korean ethnic identity. In so doing, she bridges the long-held fissure between historiography of the former metropole of Japan from the former colonies, and places colonial family laws in the larger context of legal reconfiguration of the Japanese empire"--Provided by publisher At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit (http://www.luminosoa.org) www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Rules of the House offers a dynamic revisionist account of the Japanese colonial rule of Korea (1910–1945) by examining the roles of women in the civil courts. Challenging the dominant view that women were victimized by the Japanese family laws and its patriarchal biases, Sungyun Lim argues that Korean women had to struggle equally against Korean patriarchal interests. Moreover, women were not passive victims; instead, they proactively struggled to expand their rights by participating in the Japanese colonial legal system. In turn, the Japanese doctrine of promoting progressive legal rights would prove advantageous to them. Following female plaintiffs and their civil disputes from the precolonial Choson dynasty through colonial times and into postcolonial reforms, this book presents a new and groundbreaking story about Korean women’s legal struggles, revealing their surprising collaborative relationship with the colonial state. A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Rules of the House offers a dynamic revisionist account of the Japanese colonial rule of Korea (1910–1945) by examining the roles of women in the civil courts. Challenging the dominant view that women were victimized by the Japanese family laws and its patriarchal biases, Sungyun Lim argues that Korean women had to struggle equally against Korean patriarchal interests. Moreover, women were not passive victims; instead, they proactively struggled to expand their rights by participating in the Japanese colonial legal system. In turn, the Japanese doctrine of promoting progressive legal rights would prove advantageous to them. Following female plaintiffs and their civil disputes from the precolonial Choson dynasty through colonial times and into postcolonial reforms, this book presents a new and groundbreaking story about Korean women's legal struggles, revealing their surprising collaborative relationship with the colonial state. Rules of the House examines the transformation of the Korean family during and after Japanese colonial rule. Through in-depth reading of civil litigation records, the book shows how the Japanese colonial legal system transformed Korean families from the traditional patrilineal family system into small, patriarchal households. The new domestic pattern proved remarkably durable, forming the basis of postcolonial family life. Women feature prominently in the book. Increasingly marginalized by patriarchy, women embodied the fault line between one family system as it receded and the other as it expanded under the auspices of Japanese colonial law. As a consequence, women?s rights to family property, inheritance, divorce, and adoption of heirs were frequently challenged by family members. Far from being quiet victims, these women brought their cases to the colonial courts and won a surprising number of cases. The book highlights how legal discourse about women?s rights in colonial civil courts articulated the transformation of the family.