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Chaihark Hahm, born in Seoul, Korea, in 1963. S.J.D. from Harvard University. Associate Professor at Yonsei University.
Henry G. Schermers Fellow (1 September 2009 - 30 June 2010)
TOWARDS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF CONSTITUTIONAL IDENTITY IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
My research will be a comparative study of the relationship between constitutionalism and the formation of people's identity in the globalising world. It will assess the possibility of harmonising constitutional norms by exploring the possibility of rethinking "We the People" of the constitution in such a manner as to make it less suspicious of globalisation. It will first examine the genesis of the People as an idea through the constitution-making process in various countries of Europe and Asia. Next, it will investigate the role of international, if not global, forces as a necessary part of the constitution-making process in most states. The project will thus aim to reorient our understanding "We the People" from a pre-constitutional domestic entity exercising some primordial right toward an identity constructed by constitutional and international processes.
Hahm, C., "Ritual and Constitutionalism: Disputing the Ruler's Legitimacy in a Confucian Polity," American Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 57, no. 1 (2009).
Hahm, C., "Constitutionalism on Trial in South Korea," Journal of Democracy, vol. 16, no. 2 (2005) (with Sung Ho Kim).
Hahm, C., "Law, Culture, and the Politics of Confucianism," Columbia Journal of Asian Law, vol. 16, no. 2 (2003).
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