치안유지법의 시행과 초기 판례 연구

This study examines how Korean society perceived and responded to the enforcement of the Public Security Preservation Law in 1925, and analyzes the significance of the “Red Blood Corps” case as an early example of its judicial application. Prior to the implementation of the law, members of various social organizations in colonial Korea expressed diverse views regarding its potential impact on social movements. Yet many maintained a relatively optimistic or complacent attitude, believing that little would change due to the preexisting presence of laws such as the ｢Security Law｣ and Ordinance No. 7. In practice, however, both local police and the Government-General of Korea adopted a far more stringent stance, applying the law broadly and indiscriminately without clear standards and frequently prohibiting assemblies and associations. This study focuses in particular on how the Public Security Preservation Law was interpreted and applied by colonial courts through an analysis of the Red Blood Corps case, one of the earliest judicial precedents. The defendants in this case were charged with organizing the “Red Blood Corps,” which aimed to abolish the private property system and establish communism. The court ruled that their actions violated Article 1 of the law on the grounds that the purpose of the organization constituted a “denial of the private property system,” and sentenced them to imprisonment. The court’s emphasis on the denial of private property—rather than on a transformation of the national polity—demonstrates how the two components of Article 1, which were not yet clearly differentiated in the 1925 version of the law, could be selectively applied in judicial practice. This case thus offers important insight into the early operation of the Public Security Preservation Law in colonial Korea.