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South Korea's first 1948 Constitution, drafted by Dr. Chin-O Yu (Korean: 유진오; Hanja: 兪鎭午), framed a presidential system mixed with a parliamentary system.It gave the president to act as the head of state, be elected indirectly by the National Assembly, and share executive power with the cabinet. [6]
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The legal system of South Korea is a civil law system that has its basis in the Constitution of the Republic of Korea. The Court Organization Act, which was passed into law on 26 September 1949, officially created a three-tiered, independent judicial system.
South Korean democracy has legally protected rights for political, civil and socio-economic individuals, although there are limitations and even discrimination against certain groups. These groups are certified as at-risk groups and comprise women, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons (LGBT) and racial and ethnic minorities such as ...
The current judicial system of South Korea, particularly the Constitutional Court of Korea, was influenced by the Austrian judicial system. [13] While Austria has three apex courts, whose jurisdictions are defined in different chapters of the Austrian constitution, [14] the South Korean constitution [15] establishes only
The Republic of Korea is a member party to the UN multilateral treaty International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which provides that every individual has the right and freedom to adopt a religion or belief of his/ her choice and to manifest his/ her religion or belief either individually or in community with others, either in public or private (article 18), every individual ...
The government of South Korea is the national government of the Republic of Korea, created by the Constitution of South Korea as the executive, legislative and judicial authority of the republic. The president acts as the head of state and is the highest figure of executive authority in the country, followed by the prime minister and government ...
The First Republic of Korea was established on 17 July 1948 [23] when the constitution of the First Republic was established by the Assembly. The Assembly also had the job of electing the president and elected anti-communist Syngman Rhee as president on 10 May 1948.