아메리카 합중국 군정이 마무리되자 이른바 "제3의 길"을 지향하고자 했던 1948년 제헌 헌법의 성립과 더불어 대한민국 정부가 수립되고, 조선 반도에 의용되었던 일본의 법률들을 곧바로 거두어내고 독자적인 민법전 제정의 움직임이 일어난다.
When the military administration of the United States of America was completed, the Korean government was established with the establishment of the 1948 Constitution, which aimed to pursue the so-called 'third way,' and the movement of enacting an independent civil code took place immediately after removing the Japanese laws that were used in the Korean peninsula.