Judiciary of South Korea

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court system judicial branch

The Judiciary of South Korea is the independent court system responsible for interpreting the constitution and laws, administering justice, and overseeing legal disputes throughout the country.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
judiciary of South Korea	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court system ⓘ judicial branch ⓘ
allows	judicial review of administrative actions ⓘ judicial review of statutes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Judicial branch of South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Judicial power of the Republic of Korea ⓘ
applies	Administrative Litigation Act of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Civil Procedure Act of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Criminal Procedure Act of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentBy	President of South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
chiefJusticeAppointmentRequires	consent of the National Assembly of South Korea ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Republic of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	South Korea ⓘ
guaranteedBy	principle of separation of powers in South Korea ⓘ
hasAdministrativeCourt	Patent Court of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBody	Supreme Court Administration (National Court Administration) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChiefJudgeTitle	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea ⓘ
hasConstitutionalCourt	Constitutional Court of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConstitutionalCourtHeadTitle	President of the Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ
hasFunction	administration of courts ⓘ interpretation of law ⓘ protection of fundamental rights ⓘ review of constitutionality of laws (via Constitutional Court) ⓘ settlement of legal disputes ⓘ
hasHighestCourt	Supreme Court of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLowerCourts	Branch Courts of South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ District Courts of South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ High Courts of South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Municipal Courts of South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProfessionalJudges	yes ⓘ
hasProsecutorialCounterpart	Prosecution Service of South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSpecialCourt	Administrative Court of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Family Court of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Military Court of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTrainingInstitution	Judicial Research and Training Institute of South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Seoul NERFINISHED ⓘ
interprets	Constitution of the Republic of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ laws of South Korea ⓘ
isIndependentOf	executive branch of South Korea ⓘ legislative branch of South Korea ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Korean ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law ⓘ
oversees	administrative cases in South Korea ⓘ civil cases in South Korea ⓘ constitutional disputes in South Korea ⓘ criminal cases in South Korea ⓘ
termLengthOfConstitutionalCourtJustices	6 years ⓘ
termLengthOfSupremeCourtJustices	6 years ⓘ
usesLayParticipation	advisory jury system in some criminal trials ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea → headOf → Judiciary of South Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: judiciary of South Korea

South Korean government → judicialBranch → Judiciary of South Korea ⓘ

High Courts of South Korea → operatedBy → Judiciary of South Korea ⓘ

Busan District Court (Yeonje branch) → parentOrganization → Judiciary of South Korea ⓘ

Administrative Courts of South Korea → partOf → Judiciary of South Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: judiciary of South Korea

District Courts of South Korea → partOf → Judiciary of South Korea ⓘ

Family Courts of South Korea → partOf → Judiciary of South Korea ⓘ

Patent Court of Korea → partOf → Judiciary of South Korea ⓘ