Supreme Court of South Korea

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court of last resort judicial body supreme court

The Supreme Court of South Korea is the nation’s highest judicial authority, overseeing the interpretation of law and final appeals in the South Korean legal system.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Korea	2
대한민국 대법원	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort ⓘ judicial body ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
appliesJurisdiction	South Korean law ⓘ
appointmentBy	Moon Jae-in ⓘ surface form: President of South Korea
buildingName	Supreme Court of Korea building ⓘ
confirmationBy	National Assembly of South Korea ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of South Korea ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	South Korea ⓘ
courtType	cassation court ⓘ court of final appeal ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment	1948-08-15 ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ
foundedBy	Constitution of South Korea ⓘ
handles	final appeals in administrative cases ⓘ final appeals in civil cases ⓘ final appeals in criminal cases ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	judicial administration of ordinary courts in South Korea ⓘ
hasJudicialReviewOver	decisions of lower courts ⓘ
hasPart	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea ⓘ Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.scourt.go.kr ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Seocho District ⓘ Seoul ⓘ
highestCourtInJurisdiction	South Korea ⓘ
interprets	case law precedents in South Korea ⓘ procedural law of South Korea ⓘ statutory law of South Korea ⓘ
jurisdiction	South Korea ⓘ
languageOfWork	Korean ⓘ
leaderTitle	Chief Justice ⓘ
legalSystem	South Korean legal system ⓘ civil law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Seocho District ⓘ Seoul ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Korea Standard Time ⓘ
nativeName	Supreme Court of South Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 대한민국 대법원
nativeNameLanguage	ko ⓘ
numberOfPositions	14 ⓘ
officialName	Supreme Court of South Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Korea
oversees	Administrative Courts of South Korea ⓘ District Courts of South Korea ⓘ Family Courts of South Korea ⓘ High Courts of South Korea ⓘ Patent Court of Korea ⓘ lower courts of South Korea ⓘ
reappointmentPolicy	renewable term ⓘ
termLength	6 years ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Korea → judicialBody → Supreme Court of South Korea ⓘ

Supreme Court of South Korea → nativeName → Supreme Court of South Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 대한민국 대법원

Supreme Court of South Korea → officialName → Supreme Court of South Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Korea

Constitutional Court of Korea → separatedFrom → Supreme Court of South Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Korea