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China, Japan, and both Koreas. Healthcare economics as applied to East Asian health policy, including economic development, population aging, infectious disease outbreaks (SARS, avian flu), social health insurance, health service delivery, payment incentives, competition, workforce policy, pharmaceutical industry, and regulation. No prior knowledge of economics or healthcare required.

Topics on Korea vary each year. Topics this year is on the changing North Korean society. North Korea is constantly in the news with a lot of analyses based on guess-work and speculation. Having lived and worked in North Korea for 5 years (2006-10), the course content is mainly based on the instructor's experience and includes social and cultural topics, including humanitarian aid and development cooperation, economics, and politics.

Over the past several decades, South Korea has made important strides in political and legal development. With the institutionalization of democracy and the strengthening of the rule of law, South Korea offers many lessons for students of comparative politics and law. As an introduction to Korean law and society, this course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the historical background and development of the country¿s legal system, covering general topics such as judicial power, legal education, and the lawyer profession, to specific political and social issues such as competition law, adultery, and human rights. Each week¿s reading also strives to bring a comparative perspective, contextualizing South Korea¿s experience with that of other countries and to general theories of law and legal institutions. Where relevant and useful, students will read actual cases from Korean courts to supplement their engagement with the secondary literature.

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China, Japan, and both Koreas. Healthcare economics as applied to East Asian health policy, including economic development, population aging, infectious disease outbreaks (SARS, avian flu), social health insurance, health service delivery, payment incentives, competition, workforce policy, pharmaceutical industry, and regulation. No prior knowledge of economics or healthcare required.

Topics on Korea vary each year. Topics this year is on the changing North Korean society. North Korea is constantly in the news with a lot of analyses based on guess-work and speculation. Having lived and worked in North Korea for 5 years (2006-10), the course content is mainly based on the instructor's experience and includes social and cultural topics, including humanitarian aid and development cooperation, economics, and politics.

Over the past several decades, South Korea has made important strides in political and legal development. With the institutionalization of democracy and the strengthening of the rule of law, South Korea offers many lessons for students of comparative politics and law. As an introduction to Korean law and society, this course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the historical background and development of the country¿s legal system, covering general topics such as judicial power, legal education, and the lawyer profession, to specific political and social issues such as competition law, adultery, and human rights. Each week¿s reading also strives to bring a comparative perspective, contextualizing South Korea¿s experience with that of other countries and to general theories of law and legal institutions. Where relevant and useful, students will read actual cases from Korean courts to supplement their engagement with the secondary literature.

Independent studies under the direction of a faculty member for which academic credit may properly be allowed. For East Asian Studies M.A. students only.