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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 South Korean legal system effectively dates from the introduction of the original Constitution of the Republic of Korea and the organization of South Korea as an independent state. During the existence of the Republic of Korea, the Constitution has been revised or rewritten several times, the most recent of which was in 1987 at the ...
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 two apex courts.
A codified constitution is a constitution that is contained in a single document, which is the single source of constitutional law in a state. An uncodified constitution is one that is not contained in a single document, but consists of several different sources, which may be written or unwritten.
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 ...
According to the Freedom in the World index, South Korea is considered to have a high human rights record in the category for human freedom in civil and political rights, with 83 points out of the 100 points in 2024. [4] In the Constitution, the citizens are given the rights of freedom of speech, press, petition and assembly for its nationals. [1]
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.