Constitutionalism on Trial in South Korea
By: KIM, Sung Ho
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Contributor(s): CHAIHARK, Hahm.
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ArticlePublisher: Washington, DC : The Johns Hopkins University Press , April 2005Subject(s): Democracy -- Korea (South) | Korea (South) -- Politics and governmentJournal of Democracy 16, 2, p. 28-42Abstract: During the early years of South Korea's transition to democracy, expanding popular rule and deepening individual rights went hand-in-hand. But with Roh Moo Hyun's narrow election to the presidency on 19 December 2002, the democratic transition that South Korea began in 1987 entered a profoundly new era. The presidency has exposed rifts between majority rule and constitutionalism that the country's judiciary is struggling to bridge.
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During the early years of South Korea's transition to democracy, expanding popular rule and deepening individual rights went hand-in-hand. But with Roh Moo Hyun's narrow election to the presidency on 19 December 2002, the democratic transition that South Korea began in 1987 entered a profoundly new era. The presidency has exposed rifts between majority rule and constitutionalism that the country's judiciary is struggling to bridge.
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