Tag: Supreme Court of Korea
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I–CONnect Symposium: The 30th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of Korea—Part I: The Constitutional Court’s Role in South Korea’s Democratization
[Editor’s Note: This is the first entry in our symposium on the “30th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of Korea.” The introduction to the symposium is available here.] —Ilwon Kang, Former Justice, Constitutional Court of Korea “South Korea shows the world how democracy is done,” wrote a Washington Post columnist, praising the March 10, 2017, decision of the Constitutional Court of Korea to uphold the National Assembly’s vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye.[1]