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Korea (RoK) : legal resources: Constitution

Subjects: Law: Foreign Law

Constitution

The Constitution of the Republic of Korea of July 17, 1948 has since had a number of amendments.

RoK Constitutional Court

Chapter 6 of the Constitution established the Constitutional Court

Article 11.1 sets out its jurisdiction
"The Constitutional Court shall have jurisdiction over the following matters:

The constitutionality of a law upon the request of the courts;

Impeachment;

Dissolution of a political party;

Competence disputes between central government organs, between central government organs and local governments, and between local governments; and

Constitutional complaint as prescribed by statute."

See also the Constitutional Court Act: August 5, 1988, which has since been amended. (The most recent (as of July 2016)  December 21, 2007.)