• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.3-24
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• 2019

This research examines the constitutional meaning of the right to health through reviewing the decisions of the Constitutional Court and proposed amendment of the Constitution issued by the President. This article further discusses the relationship between the right to a humane livelihood and the right to health. Health is a fundamental freedom and inalienable human right which is a prerequisite to accomplish individual's independent activity and realization of value. Thus, the government is obligated to protect and uphold the right. Article 36(3) of the Constitution delineates the government's duty to protect and fulfill the right to health. Through the interpretation of both Article 36(3) and Article 34 of the Constitution, I suggest that the right to health implies 'the right to social security for health'. The Constitutional Court has narrowly interpreted the scope of the right to a humane livelihood by defining the term as "minimum material living standards". However, it should be interpreted as 'the right to enjoy a healthy and cultural life for human dignity' and setting the level of protection is solely on the discretion of the legislative branch. Ultimately, the judicial review on the right to a humane livelihood connects with the issue of rational control for legislative discretion.

• Vending industry
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.30-35
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• 2010

이제 커피자동판매기에서 국내산 차를 판매하지 않아도 된다. 현행 커피자판기에 국내산 차를 강제적으로 1/3 이상 적용 판매하라는 규정이 삭제되게 되는 것이다. 보건복지부 식품정책과는 7월 19일 이같은 내용을 담은 "식품위생법 시행령 및 시행규칙" 개정안을 입법예고 했다. 이번 개정안이 마련된게 된 것은 한국자동판매기 공업협회의 적극적인 개정건의 작업의 결과이다. 한국자동판매기공업협회는 커피자판기 국내산 차 판매로 인한 여러 문제점들과 민원이 야기되자, 지난 2009년 11월초 보건복지부 식품정책과를 대상으로 "다류 식품자동판매기 국내산 차 의무 판매 규정"을 삭제해 줄 것을 개정 건의한 바 있다. 협회는 대형 커피자판기의 경우 커피의 판매 규정이 국내산 차 1/3 이상이어야 한다는 의무규정으로 인해 단일 커피자판기에도 싫든 좋든 국내산 차를 적용 판매함으로서 자판기 운영에 있어 큰 애로점으로 작용해 왔다고 주장했다. 또한 국내산 차 적용 판매가 소비자들에서 위생에 대한 취약성을 더 노출시킨다는 사실을 적극 어필을 했다. 이같은 협회의 주장을 보건복지부 식품정책과는 합리적으로 수용했다. 커피자판기의 국내산 차 적용 판매가 영업의 재량권만 침해할 뿐 규제 명분을 상실했다고 판단했다. 또 서울시나 식약청의 자판기 위생검사시에 상대적으로 국내산 차의 불량률이 높게 나타난 점도 주요인으로 작용했다. 이번 국내산 차 판매 의무 조항 삭제 입법예고로 커피자판기 시장은 새로운 흐름이 주도될 수 있을 것으로 보여진다. 업계에서 원하지 않는 조항이 삭제된 만큼 커피자판기 시장 활성화에도 적지 않은 도움을 주리라 기대된다. 이번에 입법예고된 개정안을 세부적으로 살펴보고, 과연 시장에 어떠한 긍정적 영향들을 미칠지를 분석해 봤다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.79-87
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• 2014

Universalism and selectivism about welfare polices are a point at issue that is being discussed consistently. This issue is mainly discussed as the object of political selection because the selection of welfare polices are thought of discretionary powers. But welfare policies are issue of the constitutional value order. Therefore studies are need in this viewpoint. Accordingly this paper studied the aim of welfare policies to be based of social state ideology. Therefore this paper found the adequacy of selective universalism. Furthermore, This paper shows a distinguishing standard to select the welfare policies in selective universalism.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Disaster Information Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.300-302
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• 2015

독일의 응급구조업무의 조직은 독일 기본법(GG) 제30조, 제70조에 따라 오로지 연방부들에게 있다. 유럽 연합은 기술적 조직적 통일성과는 별도로 각각의 국민들의 건강보호의 일부분으로 응급구조의 조직과 재정에서 상당히 광범위하게 재량을 인정하고 있으며 이에 따라 유럽연합의 시스템과 정책들의 입법적 조화를 사실상 포기하고 있는 실정이다. 독일연방주들은 자신들의 주응급구조법률(LRDG)에서 응급구조업무의 보장을 일반적으로 재차 지방자치단체(주 근교도시중심)에게 독자적인 업무로서 인정하고 있다(가령 슐레비히 홀스타인주 응급구조법(RDGSH) 제6조). 이러한 주들은 응급구조를 자신의 관할지역에 대해 준비하고 스스로 운영하거나 운영통제할 수 있는 구조목적의 단체들(RZV)과 공동협력을 할 수 있다. 각각의 업무능력과 법적인 기준에 따라 구조 목적의 단체들(RZV)은 자신의 이름으로 응급구조를 운영하거나 하나 또는 다수의 기관(공공 구조서비스 혹은 사설 구조서비스)에게 시행을 위임할 수 있다. 이러한 측면에서 본 연구에서는 독일의 경우 의사가 직접 현장 의료를 담당하고 있다는 점에서최근 입법을 통해 응급구조사의 교육과정을 개편하고 있으며, 질적 향상을 통해 응급의사와 응급구조사의 권한범위에서 독일 응급구조사의 권한확대가 시도되고 있다는 시사점을 도출하고 있다.

• 월간 기계설비
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• s.281
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• pp.45-50
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• 2013

기획재정부는 공사의 분할 분리발주 관련규정 등을 정비하고 최저가낙찰제 확대유예 등의 내용을 담은 국가계약법 시행령 개정안을 지난 11월 8일 입법예고 했다. 이 법안은 20일 동안 업계 의견을 수렴한 후 법령안 심사 및 차관 국무회의 등을 거쳐 공포될 예정이다. 이번 국가계약법 시행령 개정안은 그동안 대한설비건설협회가 전사적으로 추진해 온 분리발주 법제화와 최저가낙찰제 연기 방안을 담고 있어 건설업계의 관심이 집중되고 있다. 분할 분리발주 규정은 분리발주가 보다 활성화 될 수 있도록 대상을 구체화했으며, 사업의 계획단계부터 분리발주 가능 여부를 판단토록 개선됐다. 또한 300억 이상에서 100억 이상으로 확대될 예정이던 최저가낙찰제 확대 방안은 오는 2015년까지 2년간 유예되고 최저가낙찰제 대체 방안으로 종합심사제가 제안되는 등 정부의 입 낙찰제도 개선 방향의 가닥이 잡혔다.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.3-36
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• 2022

In order to solve the pharmaceutical kickback problem, it is needed to establish legal system that allow ways to enable pharmaceutical promotion of medicines without kickbacks as well as provide sanction those who commit illegal act. Before the National Assembly and the government focused on strengthening sanctions. As a result, in 2014, a system of suspending medical care benefits was introduced, which could inflict heavy losses on pharmaceutical companies by withdrawing target medicines from the market. However, three years after the introduction, the system was abolished in 2018, recognizing the problem that the disposition could infringe on the patients' right to access to and choice of medicines. In 2021, the National Assembly made it possible for dispositions suspending medical care benefits regarding the third violation, which remained symbolic until then, replaced with administrative fines. Although the legislator's reflective stance on the system is more than clear, the Ministry of Health and Welfare still interprets that the old law should be applied to kickbacks for the period of the law. Moreover, regarding the substitution of fines at the discretion of the Minister of Health and Welfare under the old law, the narrow standards taken under the old law seems to be maintained. In this paper, firstly pharmaceutical kickback issue, the main reason for the introduction of the system, will be explained, after that the history of introduction and abolition of the system examined and last but not least the unconstitutionality of the system and the illegality of the disposition are to be examined.

• Korean Journal of Legislative Studies
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.85-111
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• 2018

This study examines the puzzle of institutional change of irregular worker protection system in Korea through a theory of incremental institutional change. It is the case of "conversion" mode of institutional change that occurs when ambiguous rules permit reinterpretations of rules and regulations for converting functions of institutions into new ones without formal revision. Management sectors with enforcement power have circumvented main rules of high discretion since 2007. In institutional dimension, the extent of irregular workers and the provisions of limit on employment-period and prohibition-correction on discrimination lack sufficient details. In political context, veto possibilities have been downward. Irregular workers were hardly organized independently and two labor union federations mainly composed of regular workers were less receptive to them. Veto possibilities in legislation were also low: the Economic and Social Development Commission ended up in weak labor representation and labor parties in the National Assembly have undergone dissolution.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.3-39
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• 2019

Even after the Constitutional Court decided on August 23, 2012 that the provisions of abortion were constitutional, discussions on the abolition of abortion continued. The controversy about abortion is not only happening recently, but it has already existed since the time when the Penal Code was enacted, and it shares the history of modern legislation with the Republic of Korea. Legislators whom submitted amendment while insisting upon the eradication of abortion in the process of enacting criminal law at that time, presented social and economic adaptation reasons as the core reason. From then on, the abolition of abortion has been discussed during the development dictatorship, but this was not intended to guarantee women's human rights, but it was closely connected to the national policy projects of "Contraception" and "Family Planning" of the Park's dictatorship. Since then, the enactment of the Mother and Child Health Law, which restrictively allow artificial abortion, was held on February 8, 1973, in an emergency cabinet meeting that replaced the legislative power after the National Assembly was disbanded. It became effected May 10th. The reason behind the Mother and Child Health Law that included legalization of abortion in part was that the Revitalizing Reform at that time did not allow any opinion, so it seem to be it was difficult for the religious to express opposition. The "Maternal and Child Health Law" enacted in this way has been maintained through several amendments. It can be seen that the question of maintenance of abortion has been running on parallel lines without any significant difference from the time when the Penal Code was enacted. On August 23, 2012, the Constitutional Court decided that the Constitutional Opinion and the unonstitutional Opinion were 4: 4. However, it was decided by the Constitution without satisfying the quorum for unconstitutional decision of the Constitutional Court. This argument about abolition of abortion is settled for the the time being with the decision of the constitutional inconsistency of the Constitutional Court, and now, the National Assembly bears the issue of new legislation. In other words, the improved legislation must be executed until December 31, 2020, and if the previous improved legislation is not implemented, the crime of abortion (Article 269, Paragraph 1, Article 270 of the Criminal Code) Article 1 (1) will cease to be effective from 1 January 2021. Therefore, in the following, we will look into the reason of the Constitutional Court's constitutional discordance adjudication on criminal abortion(II), and how it structurally differs from the previous Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court. After considering key issues arised from the constitutional discordance adjudication(III), the legislative direction and within the scope of legislative discretion in accordance with the criteria presented by the Constitutional Court We reviewed the proposed revisions to the Penal Code and the Mather and Child Health Act of Korea(IV).

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.58 no.1
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• pp.395-423
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to investigate the various contents of legal life's conflicts and constitutional applications by analysing on the constitutional judicial precedents regarding to social welfare law. The total cases of constitutional precedents are 62 totally, and 22 precedents among 62 are analysed through content analysis. These 22 constitutional precedents consist of nine cases of concerning Social Insurance Act, six cases in National Pension Act, two cases in National Basic Livelihood Protection Act and one cases in Social Welfare and Service Act. The major contents of these precedents are regarding to operational principles of social insurance system, rule of entitlements, benefits, social welfare organizations and the constitutional right such as property right, equal right, right of happiness. And also there are precedents to review how the rule of Act is interpreted or how the process of right protection is. Findings in this study show that Korean Constitutional Law has characteristics of welfare nationalism and social capital economics orientations, and sanctions legislation and administration discretion.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.29-74
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• 2022

As social disasters occur under the Disaster Management Act, which can damage the people's "life, body, and property" due to the rapid spread and spread of unexpected COVID-19 infectious diseases in 2020, information collected through inspection and reporting of infectious disease pathogens (Article 11), epidemiological investigation (Article 18), epidemiological investigation for vaccination (Article 29), artificial technology, and prevention policy Decision), (3) It was used as an important basis for decision-making in the context of an infectious disease crisis, such as promoting vaccination and understanding the current status of damage. In addition, medical policy decisions using infectious disease data contribute to quarantine policy decisions, information provision, drug development, and research technology development, and interest in the legal scope and limitations of using infectious disease data has increased worldwide. The use of infectious disease data can be classified for the purpose of spreading and blocking infectious diseases, prevention, management, and treatment of infectious diseases, and the use of information will be more widely made in the context of an infectious disease crisis. In particular, as the serious stage of the Disaster Management Act continues, the processing of personal identification information and sensitive information becomes an important issue. Information on "medical records, vaccination drugs, vaccination, underlying diseases, health rankings, long-term care recognition grades, pregnancy, etc." needs to be interpreted. In the case of "prevention, management, and treatment of infectious diseases", it is difficult to clearly define the concept of medical practicesThe types of actions are judged based on "legislative purposes, academic principles, expertise, and social norms," but the balance of legal interests should be based on the need for data use in quarantine policies and urgent judgment in public health crises. Specifically, the speed and degree of transmission of infectious diseases in a crisis, whether the purpose can be achieved without processing sensitive information, whether it unfairly violates the interests of third parties or information subjects, and the effectiveness of introducing quarantine policies through processing sensitive information can be used as major evaluation factors. On the other hand, the collection, provision, and use of infectious disease data for research purposes will be used through pseudonym processing under the Personal Information Protection Act, consent under the Bioethics Act and deliberation by the Institutional Bioethics Committee, and data provision deliberation committee. Therefore, the use of research purposes is recognized as long as procedural validity is secured as it is reviewed by the pseudonym processing and data review committee, the consent of the information subject, and the institutional bioethics review committee. However, the burden on research managers should be reduced by clarifying the pseudonymization or anonymization procedures, the introduction or consent procedures of the comprehensive consent system and the opt-out system should be clearly prepared, and the procedure for re-identifying or securing security that may arise from technological development should be clearly defined.