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A Comparative Study of the United States Status of Forces Agreements with Korea and Japan

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dc.contributor.authorPetran, Charlesen
dc.contributor.committeechairMilly, Deborah J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLuke, Timothy W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTaylor, Charles L.en
dc.contributor.departmentPolitical Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-04T19:49:40Zen
dc.date.adate2012-09-14en
dc.date.available2017-04-04T19:49:40Zen
dc.date.issued2012-08-09en
dc.date.rdate2016-10-17en
dc.date.sdate2012-08-17en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the argument that the Republic of Korea-United States Status of Forces Agreement (ROK-U.S. SOFA) affords greater immunities and protections to U.S. service personnel than does the Japan-U.S. SOFA. One significant source of tension for Korean-American relations over the years has been the belief of many Koreans that Japan is given greater authority to prosecute SOFA incidents because A) the Japan-U.S. SOFA is written to Japan's advantage and B) the United States unfairly favors Japan in the application of SOFA Criminal Jurisdiction. This thesis will test the accuracy of those beliefs. It will do this by first comparing the formal provisions in the SOFAs with the two countries. It will then compare their application in high-profile SOFA-related crimes and accidents over the past two decades both in South Korea and Japan to identify any possible pattern of inequity. By comparing the language of both SOFAs today with examples of how the United States has applied that language, this thesis finds that the language and application SOFA Criminal Jurisdiction provisions have changed to favor Korea today compared to Japan. This thesis also finds that the application in both countries has changed to give more deference to Host countries.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-08172012-211407en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08172012-211407/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/76844en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectprimary jurisdictionen
dc.subjectpre-indictment custodyen
dc.subjectanti-Americanismen
dc.subjectSouth Koreaen
dc.subjectSOFA criminal jurisdictionen
dc.subjectSOFA crimeen
dc.subjectStatus of Forces Agreementen
dc.titleA Comparative Study of the United States Status of Forces Agreements with Korea and Japanen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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