History
The current Constitutional Court dates from the inception of the Sixth Republic of South Korea in 1988, and was established by Chapter VI of the Constitution. Although prior to the Sixth Republic, there had been bodies for constitutional review, none of them were active. Prior to the establishment of the current Constitutional Court, the organs for constitutional review of the Republic of Korea had only made three rulings since 1960. In contrast, the current Constitutional Court gave rulings in more than 400 cases in its first year of operation. As of December 31, 2006, the new Constitutional Court has already examined 13,945 cases with 13,058 cases resolved and 887 cases pending. This drastic change largely owes to the people's movement for democracy in 1987 which gave a birth to the current Constitutional Court and allowed a new judicial review system in Korea. Currently, Justice Mr. Kang-Kook Lee has been serving the court as the 4th President of the Constitutional Court since January 22, 2007.
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