Constitutional Court of Korea

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constitutional court court judicial body

The Constitutional Court of Korea is South Korea’s highest court for constitutional review, responsible for adjudicating the constitutionality of laws, resolving disputes over state powers, and protecting fundamental rights.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Constitutional Court justices	1
Korean Constitutional Court	1
헌법재판소	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional court ⓘ court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
applies	Constitution of South Korea ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Korea
appointingAuthority	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea ⓘ National Assembly of South Korea ⓘ Moon Jae-in ⓘ surface form: President of South Korea
buildingName	Constitutional Court of Korea building ⓘ
canAnnul	unconstitutional statutes ⓘ
canDissolve	unconstitutional political parties ⓘ
canRemoveFromOffice	impeached public officials ⓘ
composition	nine justices ⓘ
country	South Korea ⓘ
decisionEffect	binding on all state organs ⓘ
ensures	supremacy of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea ⓘ
establishedAfter	democratic reforms of 1987 in South Korea ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	constitutional interpretation ⓘ review of emergency decrees ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	competence disputes between state organs ⓘ constitutional complaints by individuals ⓘ dissolution of political parties ⓘ impeachment proceedings ⓘ review of constitutionality of statutes ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges	9 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.ccourt.go.kr ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Jongno-gu, Seoul ⓘ Seoul ⓘ
highestCourtIn	constitutional review in South Korea ⓘ
inception	1988 ⓘ
jurisdiction	South Korea ⓘ surface form: Republic of Korea
languageOfWorkOrName	Korean ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of South Korea ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Korea
legalSystem	civil law system of South Korea ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Seoul ⓘ South Korea ⓘ
locatedOn	Korean Peninsula ⓘ
nativeName	Constitutional Court of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 헌법재판소
nativeNameLanguage	ko ⓘ
partOf	judiciary of South Korea ⓘ
primaryFunction	adjudication of constitutionality of laws ⓘ protection of fundamental rights ⓘ resolution of disputes over state powers ⓘ
protects	basic rights of individuals ⓘ
reappointment	allowed ⓘ
separatedFrom	Supreme Court of South Korea ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Korea
shortName	Constitutional Court of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Korean Constitutional Court
termLengthOfJudges	6 years ⓘ
typeOfCourt	specialized constitutional jurisdiction ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

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

National Assembly of South Korea → impeachmentTarget → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court justices

South Korea → judicialBody → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

Constitutional Court of Korea → nativeName → Constitutional Court of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 헌법재판소

Constitutional Court of Korea → shortName → Constitutional Court of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Korean Constitutional Court