In Korea, the residents' voting system had been adopted as a law in 2004, and had lots of discussions regarding the several unclear legal issues. After three 2005 residents’ voting cases under article 8 and one 2011 case under article 7 had incurred more discussions how to resolve those issues. From this research, I would like to provide several suggestions as follows. First, the residents’ voting object needs to be interpreted as wider, while the prohibition of the voting should be clearly articulated. Second, the discretionary power of the local government’s head should be wider. Third, voting rights needs to be wider to the permanent residents as the changed legislations according to the Constitutional Court’s decision. Fourth, the voting results needs to be open if it binds the policy decisions. However, if it does not bind policy decisions, it needs to be leave the right to decision to the local authority.
목차
Abstracts I. Introduction II. Legal Framework of Residents Voting Act(“RVA”) of Korea 1. Overview 2. Nature of the residents voting system (“RVS”) 3. Types of the residents voting system 4. Residents’ voting cases of Korea III. Legal issues of RVA of Korea 1. Objects of RVA under article 7(1) 2. Discretionary power of the local government’s head under Article 7(2) 3. Voting rights requirements under Article 5(1) 4. Validity of residents’ voting under Article 24(1)-(2) IV. Conclusion [References]
저자
Jae Sun, Kim [ Professor, Hankyong National Univ. ]
동국대학교 비교법문화연구원 [The Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Culture]
설립연도
2000
분야
사회과학>법학
소개
본 연구소에서는 세계 각국의 새로운 법률제도를 그때그때 입수하여 이를 소개하고 한국 실정에 접목가능성을 연구·분석한다. 아울러 본 연구소는 국내의 각종 학술단체, 연구소, 연구기관과의 교류를 증진함은 물론 외국대학의 연구소와 공동연구를 통해 외국의 법문화와 학풍을 소개함으로써 대외적인 학풍선양에도 기여하게 함을 목적으로 한다.