현대 국제법의 근대 종주권 및 주권 문제에 대한 이해 : 영국의 인도 식민지화와 일본의 조선 식민지화 과정의 비교를 통해

What implications can be obtained by comparing the process of British colonization of India and Japanese colonization of Joseon? What are the characteristics of colonial rule that appears in British Indian rule? How should the legal validity of a number of treaties Britain concluded in the process of colonizing India be judged? Likewise, how should the legal validity of a number of treaties concluded in the process of Japanese colonization of Joseon be judged? It is a matter that is directly related to the understanding of modern suzerainty and sovereignty issues in current international law. If existing research has focused on how imperialist countries expanded their colonial territories, in the future, focus should now be shifted on how colonial states resisted and overcame imperialist forces. Through this type of research, pertinent achievements can be made in understanding the essence and implications of territorial expansion by imperialist nations in the context of international law from the Korean perspective. Identifying the problems with the modern application of “imperialism in international law,” which is conceptually incomplete, is something any researcher can do. Conversely, it is more important to conceptualize the identified problems for the substantialization and application of those concepts.