Publications
Detailed Information
법학과 사회과학-학제 연구방법론의 모색 : 제2부 ; 제5주제 : 독일헌법상 정당조항과 그 한국적 이식 -비교법사회학적 접근- : The Party Clause of the German Constitution and its Transplantation to Korea -A Comparative Socio-Legal Approach-
Cited 0 time in
Web of Science
Cited 0 time in Scopus
- Authors
- Issue Date
- 2000
- Publisher
- 서울대학교 법학연구소
- Citation
- 법학, Vol.41 No.3, pp. 115-146
- Abstract
- The constitutions began to mention the phenomenon of political parties in
the middle of the 20th century. Article 7 of the Korean Constitution of 1962
which regulated political parties had its root in Article 21 (party clause) of
the German Constitution of 1949. This will exemplify what role the
transplantation of the western constitutions to the developing countries
played for the political modernization.
In order to analyze the function of this transplantation, it will not be
sufficient to compare the similarities and differences between the two
articles. A methodological consideration of comparative law research as to
the legal transplantation seems to be necessary. At first it is important to
recognize that the law is not independent from the social development and
that not only the 'law in books' but also the 'law in action' should become
the object of the comparison. In the epoch of codification the legal
transplantation doesn't take place gradually and simultaneously with the
process of assimilation. The transplantation is only the beginning of
assimilation, which could also end in a negative one. This peril is greater,
when a norm is transplanted as a means to a social and political
modernization.
As to the situation of the political parties in West Germany of 1949,
democratic mass parties had been quickly reconstructed and began to change
themselves into non-sectorial parties (Volksparteien). In 1950's South Korea
lacked in such democratic mass parties: the ruling party was a state...
- ISSN
- 1598-222X
- Language
- Korean
- Files in This Item:
- Appears in Collections:
Item View & Download Count
Items in S-Space are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.