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In Korea, nothing had been written on legal medicine nor was it a subject of instruction or the modern medicolegal system up till the middle of this century. This is understandable as in political and social chaos, and economical indigence being expe ienced under the way that our country had been going through many stages of the social modernization. With each passing year, however, the legal medicine and forensic scineces in our contry are called upon to play roles of ever-increasing importance in the civil and criminal justice systems. There also seems to be a greater awareness on the part of medical and law school eductors as well as the whole people of our country, Though many difficulties may remain in the path of the medicolegal progress, there be a steady advance occuring that cannot be stopped and that will be continue until every pary of our contry is served by an efficient medicolegal service, a service which can be only rejected if it is willig to pay the price of justice in its stead. To reach this goal, a turnover of the medicolegal education and the present postortem investigation system should be required.
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