The purpose of this paper is to analyze on the legislative organs and proceedings in the 1998 Constitution of North Korea, and to give a academic materials for understanding of North Korean legislations. There is the constitution (a.k.a., the "1998 amended constitution" or "Kim Il Sung's constitution"), which amended the socialist constitution to the 2nd in the First Conference of the Supreme People’s Council's(Sept. 5, 1998). The 1998 constitution made five-and-a-half years after the revision in 1992, was designed to put the finishing touches on the decades-long dynastic succession programs of Kim Jong-il. According to constitution of North Korea, we can find the enactment of legislations and legislative organs as follows; first of all, Legislative power is exercised exclusively by the Supreme People's Assembly(SPA). And there are constitution be amended and supplemented, departmental laws was adopted, and amended and supplemented (or major departmental laws be adopted by the SPA Presidium in the intervals between the sessions of the SPA approved) by the Supreme People’s Assembly(Article 91), decisions and orders be issued by the National Defence Commission (Article 104), decrees, decisions and directions be issued by the SPA Presidium (Article 114), regulations concerning state management based on the Constitution and departmental laws be instituted, amended, and supplemented by the Cabinet (Article 119), decisions and directions be adopted by the Cabinet(Article 123), the Local People's Assembly's decisions(Article 138), the Local People's Committee's decisions and directions(Article 144). As to the legislative proceeding of North Korea, the constitution provide for in as follows: the SPA has authority to amend and supplement the Constitution, adopt, amend and supplement departmental laws, approve major departmental laws adopted by the SPA Presidium in the intervals between the sessions of the SPA. In addition, the SPA Presidium has authority to examine and adopt new departmental bills and regulations, raised when the SPA is in recess, and examine and adopt drafts of amendment and supplement to departmental bills and regulations in force, and receive approval from the next SPA session on important departmental bills which will be adopted and implemented, interpret the Constitution, departmental laws and regulations in force, supervise the observance of laws of State organs, and adopt measures, and abolish State organs’ decisions which violate the Constitution, SPA’s laws and decisions, National Defence Commission’s decisions and orders and the SPA Presidium’s decrees, decisions and directions, and suspend the implementation of unwarranted decisions by a Local People’s Assembly. But it was estimated that North Korean legislations is non-systematic framework, unclear legislative proceedings. Despite the fact that the legislative framework of North Korea is very non-systematical process compare to our legislative system, recent maintenance of legislation of Kim Jong-il's regime working formal and qualitative change. It can be seen its change through the legislations related to foreign investment and economic opendoor policy and administlative affairs in front of internal and external circumstances. In the study, moreover, it explains to the function of the legislative organs and the relationship between its organs in the course of the legislative process, comparative analysis to our legislative system. Studying legislative organs and proceedings of North Korea will not only contribute to an accurate understanding of legislative formation and organs, but also provide a starting point for reaching a consensus in unifying the different legal system, exchange and cooperation of legal aspects of the inter-Korea.
목차
Ⅰ. 머리말 Ⅱ. 북한의 법형식과 입법체계 1. 북한법의 기본형식 2. 북한의 ‘사회주의법제사업’의 본질과 내용 3. 북한의 국가법률체계와 입법체계 Ⅲ. 북한의 입법기관 1. 사회주의헌법(1998년 헌법)상 입법기관 2. 북한의 입법기관에 대한 평가 Ⅳ. 북한의 입법절차 1. 법의 제정절차 2. 법의 공포와 효력 Ⅴ. 맺음말 [Abstract]
키워드
Departmental LawsLawDecreeDecision and DirectionLegislative Organ and ProceedingsSupreme People's Assembly(SPA)SPA Presidium
저자
박정원 [ Park, Jeong-Won | 국민대학교 법과대학 교수(Prof. College of Law, Kookmin Univ.) ]
오늘날 대륙법계 국가는 물론 영미법계 국가에서도 제정법의 중요성이 점증하고 있음에도 불구하고 그동안 법학의 주된 관심은 해석법학에 머무르고 있는 것이 현실이다. 같은 맥락에서 법률전문가들도 한결 같이 법의 해석·적용에만 천착하고 있을 뿐이며 해석·적용의 전제가 되는 입법 자체에 대하여 관심과 소양을 가지고 있는 전문가는 찾아보기 힘든 실정이다. 국민의 여론을 충실히 반영하면서도 형평성과 체계성·조화성 등을 고루 갖추어 헌법과 입법원칙에 부합하는 입법이 적시에 이루어진다면 불필요한 법적 분쟁을 예방하고 국민의 법 생활을 윤택하게 하며 법치주의의 성공적인 구현에 크게 기여할 수 있을 것이다. 입법학회는 이러한 전제 하에 올바른 입법을 위한 이론적 토대를 마련하기 위한 학문적 탐구를 진행하고자 함.