이 논문은 2013. 9. 27. 서울대학교 법학연구소가 주최한 IMF 구제금융 이후 한국사회의 법적 변화 학술대회에서 발표한 내용을 수정, 보완한 것임.This paper reviewed the changes implemented in respect of financial laws and regulations in Korea in three areas (financial supervisory system, financial industry and financial products) during the 1997 economic crisis of Korea and the ensuing stand-by credit arrangement with IMF. The reform of Korean financial laws was already discussed and pursued in Korea before the 1997 economic crisis. The crisis and the ensuing IMF stand-by credit arrangement facilitated the reforms which became the basic framework of the current laws regulating the financial system in Korea. The reform of financial laws made during that period can be regarded as a process to find t...