This study gives a brief overview of the structure and sources of Korean Rural Development and Agricultural Law in South Korea. Then scrutinizes the legislative history of Korean Rural Development and Agricultural Law.

Ⅰ Introduction / 9
1. Objective and Scope of this review11
2. Overview of historical development of Korean Agricultural and Rural Development legislation12
3. Background of amendment and Current Status of Agricultural Law13
4. Background of amendment and Current Status of Rural Development Law13

Ⅱ Korean Agricultural land and resource law / 15
1. Agricultural land law17
1.1 Farmland Act: Key concept and structure17
1.2. Farmland Law18
1.3. Farmland Reform Law19
2. Agriculture and Environment19
2.1. Introduction19
2.2. Environmental Vulnerability Due to Agriculture and Law20
2.3. Food safety requirements and the agricultural environment25
2.4. Agriculture and Environment in Korea26

Ⅲ Korean Agricultural production and market law / 27
1 Agricultural production law29
1.1. Key concept and structure of current law29
1.2. Historical review of Agricultural production law in Korea33
1.3. Characteristics and significance in future agricultural production33
2 Agricultural market and trade law35
2.1. Key concept and structure35
2.2. Historical review of Agricultural production law in Korea41
2.3. Characteristics and significance in future agricultural trade law41

Ⅳ Korean Rural development law / 43
1. Korean Rural development law45
1.1 Introduction45
1.2. Key concept and structure of current law45
1.3. Characteristics and significance in Rural development institution building48
2. Korean Legislative Policies for Rural Development 49
2.1. Evolution of legislative policies and structure49
2.2. Adaptation of legislative structure to liberalization49

Ⅴ Conclusion / 51
1. Korean Legislative Models of Rural Development and Agricultural development institutionalization53
2. Transformation and evolution to Support the Improvement of Agricultural Law54

참고문헌55

[Annex]
FARMLAND ACT61
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION ACT120

Wang

저서 [Historical Review of the Korean Rural Development and Agriculural Law]

Seunghye Song

저서 [Historical Review of the Korean Rural Development and Agriculural Law]

Jae il Keum

저서 [Historical Review of the Korean Rural Development and Agriculural Law]

Tae-whan

저서 [Historical Review of the Korean Rural Development and Agriculural Law]

Ⅰ. Backgrounds and Purposes
Historical review of Korean law development
○ The Korean government has more than 60 years of experience in agricultural and rural policy and legislation in Asia. In order to introduce Korea's advanced agricultural farming laws to neighboring countries in Asia, a review paper written in English has been published with the main focus on the historical review of agricultural laws.
○ At present, developing countries in Asia are paying attention to the developmental experience of agriculture in Korea. This study was carried out as part of the Korea Legislation Research Institute’s historical review of Korean law. The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the legislative history of the Korean Rural Development and Agricultural Law so as to share Korea’s legislative development experiences and knowledge in the field of Rural Development and Agricultural Law.
Sharing knowledge of Korean law development in the area of Rural Development and Agricultural Law

Ⅱ. Major Content
Overview of the structure and sources of Korean Rural Development
○ This study gives a brief overview of the structure and sources of Korean Rural Development and Agricultural Law in South Korea.
○ Then scrutinizes the legislative history of Korean Rural Development and Agricultural Law.
○ This study is composed of five chapters: 1) Overview of the Korean land law and agricultural environment law; 2) Laws on Agricultural production and market/trade; 3) Laws on rural development.