I would like to express my gratitude to the Secretariat of the National Assembly for giving me the opportunity to study abroad with its sponsorship. I also would like to thank Professor Beth Greenwood at the University of California, Davis, for encouraging me to go on to the j.s.d. program of the McGeorge School of Law and for her help in guiding me to successfully complete my ll.m. program at u.c. Davis. I also thank you, Jocelyn Blinn and Clemence Kucera, who helped me to complete the j.s.d. program, Molly Rentscher who helped me finish my dissertation and Lauren Kashiwabara who assisted me in publishing it.
I would like to say thank you, dissertation committee members, Professor Karrigan Bork, Professor Jennifer Harder, and Professor Brian Landsberg, for taking the time to review my dissertation despite your busy schedules. Most of all, I would like to express my special thanks to Professor Stephen C. McCaffrey, my dissertation supervisor, who has always encouraged me and given me a lot of comments and suggestions.
I would also like to say thanks to my dear family. Despite late nights and three and a half years of limited family time, my family, my wife Young Choi, my daughter Dain and my son Sein, have been understanding and supportive. I also thank my parents for always believing in and supporting me.
Yeonghwan Chang
December 2020, Seoul