Japanese "Judicial Imperialism" and the Origins of the Coercive Illegality of Japan's Annexation of Korea

Holding a PhD from the University of Chicago, Kyu-Hyun Jo was a Research Associate at the Northeast Asian History Foundation in Korea from 2020 to 2021 and is currently a lecturer in Political Science at Yonsei University, where he teaches Korea and East Asian international relations and history.

• Chapter 1: "Judicial Imperialism", the Unequal Treaties Between Korea and Japan, and Transcending Phenomenological Interpretations of Japan's Colonization of Korea.- Chapter 2: The First Unequal Treaties and the Forced Opening of Korean Ports.- Chapter 3: Japan's Seizure of Korea's Maritime Resources and the Consolidation of Japanese Living Quarters.- Chapter 4: Japanese "Residential Colonialism" in Southern Korea, Advisory Politics, and the Twilight of Korean Sovereignty.- Chapter 5: Annexation and the Opening of a Dark Age in Modern Korean History.- Chapter 6: The Eclipse of Korea's Sovereignty and the Judicial Origins of Japanese Colonialism.