It covers everything from basic terms that we often encounter in our daily lives, such as the difference between defendant and accused, the difference between a claim and a bond, and the difference between cancellation and termination, to difficult technical terms such as 'bilateral contract,' 'pledge,' and 'secured claim.'
After reading this book, you'll be able to logically explain many legal facts you've taken for granted, even if you didn't know the exact logic behind them. For example, why tenants shouldn't be late with rent payments, or why certain phrases often appear when canceling a real estate sales contract.
---From "'Introduction: A Story of the World Seen Through Civil Law, Beginning'"

We will now take a quick look at the entire Civil Code, the queen of all laws.
Because the goal is to paint a big picture, there are many omitted contents and some parts lack academic rigor.
But it will definitely help you read the whole thing quickly.
First, in this chapter, we will outline the civil law using three keywords.
The three keywords to look at are ① individual, ② relationship, and ③ game.
---From "Chapter 1: An Overview of Civil Law Through Three Keywords"

Have you ever heard of the social media platform Instagram? On Instagram, hashtags are essentially taglines for posts.
You can add multiple hashtags to a single photo, and depending on which hashtags you add, similar-looking photos can have completely different feels.
For example, if a photo of a white sand beach taken in Jeju Island is tagged with hashtags like #Seogwipo #white sand beach #natural monument #nature conservation, it's a completely different story if it's tagged with hashtags like #Jeju Island #date #restaurant #lovestagram.
The same goes for civil cases.
Depending on the perspective from which you approach a given incident, the content to be examined changes and you may even reach completely different conclusions.
So, when reviewing a civil case, it is very important to find the 'hashtag' that best suits the case.
---From "Chapter 2: Commonalities Between Instagram and Civil Cases"

Pacta Sunt Servanda.
It is a Latin proverb meaning 'Promises must be kept'.
It's a statement that everyone agrees with, but unfortunately, it's not always a principle that's well-kept.
In this chapter, we will study promises as they are defined in civil law.
Let's take a closer look at what a promise is as viewed by civil law, what it means to break and keep a promise, and what legal action can be taken if a promise is broken.
---From "Chapter 3: Promises Must Be Kept"

Everything we have studied so far has been about relationships between people.
In the end, there was only one story I wanted to tell, and that was the legal relationship between A and B.
The field of civil law that deals with property legal relationships between people is called 'obligation law'.
Where does the law of claims fit into the civil law?
Scholars divide civil law into 'property law' and 'family law'.
The former deals with legal relationships regarding property, while the latter deals with legal relationships between family members.
And within this property law, the law of claims and the law of real rights are included.
So, we've studied half of property law.
Now let's study the other half.

---From “Chapter 6: An Overview of Property Law in Three Pictures”