Title Constitutional transition and the travail of judges : the courts of South Korea / Marie Seong-Hak Kim

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019 ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 349 pages) Contents Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; The State of Questions; Constitutional Authoritarianism; 2 The Making of the Constitution and the Courts, 1945-1962; Judicial Tradition, Old and New; The Constitutional Review System; Judicial Tenure and Independence; Political Mutations; 3 Jurisprudential Evolution, 1962-1972; Legislative Supremacy and the Courts; National Security and the Laws; The Court in Action; Judges versus Prosecutors; 4 The Yusin Era, 1972-1980 (1): The Laws; The 1972 Constitution A Troubled Legal SystemEmergency Decrees; 5 The Yusin Era, 1972-1980 (2): The Courts; The Prerogative State: Security Cases; The Normative State: Nonsecurity Cases; Coping with the Constitution; 6 The Yusin Era, 1972-1980 (3): The Judges; Judges and Unjust Laws; Judicial Profession and Career; Taming Judges, Blaming Judges; The Killing of the President; 7 Political Transitions and Rule of Law, 1980-1987; Unraveling of the Yusin System; Judicial Ambivalence in the Post-Yusin Era; Rule of Law and Judicial Independence; Democratization and New Judicial Ideals 8 Democracy and Travails of Judges, 1987 to the PresentTransitional Justice and Justice in Transition; Judicial Turnabout: Revisiting Emergency Decrees; An Unconstitutional Constitution; Constitutions and the Courts; 9 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index Summary Discusses the judicial role in constitutional authoritarianism in the context of Korea's political and constitutional transitions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 06, 2019) Subject Courts -- Korea (South) -- History Judges -- Korea (South) -- History Constitutional history -- Korea (South) Constitutional history Courts Judges Korea (South) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108628433 1108628435 9781108633543 1108633544

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