개인의 감정적 평온에 관한 불법행위 －불법행위의 유형과 성립요건을 중심으로－

In these days, the advancement of information technology as well as complication or diversification of the society often entails cases that infringes on the emotional peace of others through the daily life, whether with intention or negligence. In the past the emotional peace of an individual has not been conceived as an independent subject for protection but rather protected as an accessory to other exclusive rights. However, the recent change of society has led us to a situation where not only an objective value of an individual like honor is to be protected, but also the emotional peace of an individual is encouraged to be the subject of protection. And yet, since article 750 of the Civil Code is only introducing a liability system for general torts, the question on which particular case may the emotional peace of an individual could be protected under the existing torts system remains unclear. Also, it must be said that its specific forms and requirements under which may be treated as of torts are mainly defined by the case law. In relation to the above issue, it is clear that the privacy torts is being covered by article 17 of the Constitutional Law, but still the specific forms and requirements within the civil context is obscure. In particular, the question on whether it is possible to protect the emotional peace of an individual itself or not is unclear, and though in the U.S. certain forms of this kind of torts is generally accepted, its concept is still developing and its ultimate limit has not been decided. Therefore, in this study the author suggests the specific forms and requirements which lead to torts that infringes on the emotional peace of an individual, with an end to cope with torts that violates the individual’s emotional peace in an appropriate way, by referring to relevant legislation and case law of other States.