korea: Constitution of the Republic of Korea (Mini-book)

This is Article 1 of Chapter 1 of the Constitution. But is the Republic of Korea truly a democratic republic? Does sovereignty belong to the people, and does power come from them? At one time, South Korea was a model of democracy in Asia. Yet under military dictatorship, it also bore the stigma of being a country with a poor human-rights record for decades. Even so, South Korea's Constitution has continued to develop through peaceful transfers of power by election, the separation of powers that brings corruption to justice, and the public will expressed in the Candlelight Revolution. Even amid the global crisis of COVID-19, a more mature civic consciousness has helped democracy remind South Korea, as it entered 2021, that it is a democratic republic. Laws are standards people establish when they come together to form society and a nation and live alongside one another. The Constitution is the basis and root of all laws—the law above all laws. It guarantees people's fundamental rights and defines the identity of the state. The state is obligated to carry out everything under the Constitution. When this is not properly upheld, society falls apart, humanity disappears, and violence, discrimination, and oppression run rampant. To escape such a society, we must live by the Constitution and build a country that follows it. But how many of us have read the Constitution from beginning to end? Most people know only isolated points, such as the freedoms of assembly and association and that power comes from the people; they have not really read it and may not even own a full copy. Those called rulers or people in power say they work for the people, but in truth they have ruled over the people as masters rather than served them as workers. To reclaim the people's place as the holders of power guaranteed by the Constitution and live with dignity, we must start by reading the Constitution.

Korean title: 대한민국 헌법(미니북)

Korean author: 대한민국

Korean publisher: 더휴먼

ISBN-13: 9791164459476