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Joint Penal Provisions and Criminal Liability in Medical Law (의료법 등의 양벌규정과 책임원칙)

  • Hwang, Man-Seong
    • The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.149-179
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    • 2010
  • In November 2007, the Korean Constiutional Court held that a joint penal provision in which the individual employer is punished when his or her employee is determined to have committed a crime was unconstitutional, because the joint penal provision had no contents for the culpability of an individual employer and thus violated the constitutionally protected principle of culpability. After the Korean Constitutional Court's judgment, since December 2008 the Ministry of Justice began to change the old joint penal provision into the new revised joint penal provision. On January 2010, the old joint penal provisions of 110 laws were revised. The new revised joint penal provision adds only an additional sentence: "If a juristic person, an entity or an individual perform due care and supervision over its employee for the prevention of such a crime, it will be exempted from the punishment". But an presumption of negligence clause that is added in the new revised joint penal provision is still vacuum in concerned with supervision responsibility. Probably the new form of penal provision, that is understood to be a kind of the presumption of negligence, could let the burden of proof be changed from the public prosecutor to the accused, in other words employer-side. Especially, when joint penal provision is applied to hospital as administrative punishment, according to the hospital is a (juridical) foundation or not, the application of the joint penal provision is different and unfaithful. In my opinion, therefore, a corporation liability could be considered according to various liability of employee's business and the crime its employee committed because of an organizational failure of the corporation.

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Measures to minimize the side effects of the increased use of Artificial Intelligence Robo-Advisor (인공지능 로보어드바이저의 활성화에 따른 부작용 최소화를 위한 제도적 보완점)

  • Kim, Dong Ju;Kwon, Hun Yeong;Lim, Jong In
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.8 no.10
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    • pp.67-73
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    • 2017
  • In this study, we mainly inquired into structural reforms of the current legal system that could minimize the side effects and protect financial customers as the use of AI robo-advisor were increasing. First, regarding a specific reform, it is necessary to introduce and establish a rapid detection system for unusual transactions by the Robo-advisor management company, the strict liability of the management company, the management company's mandatory obligation to obtain indemnity insurance, and limited criminal penalties. Furthermore, it is necessary to establish a comprehensive basic law regarding AI. In this basic law, the promotion of the development of AI technology and the minimization of side effects should be dealt with in harmony with each other. Like the approach of this study, we hope that similarly detailed and practical discussions will be made on the AI era from various perspectives in the future.

Civil liability and criminal liability of accidents caused by autonomous vehicle hacking (해킹으로 인한 자율주행자동차 사고 관련 책임 법제에 관한 연구 -민사상, 형사상, 행정책임 중심으로-)

  • An, Myeonggu;Park, Yongsuk
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.19-30
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    • 2019
  • As the 4th industrial revolution has recently become a hot topic, the importance of autonomous vehicles has increased and interest has been increasing worldwide, and accidents involving autonomous vehicles have also occurred. With the development of autonomous vehicles, the possibility of a cyber-hacking threat to the car network is increasing. Various countries, including the US, UK and Germany, have developed guidelines to counter cyber-hacking of autonomous vehicles, In the case of Korea, limited temporary operation of autonomous vehicles is being carried out, but the legal system to be applied in case of accidents caused by vehicle network hacking is insufficient. In this paper, based on the existing legal system, we examine the civil liability caused by the cyber hacking of the autonomous driving car, while we propose a law amendment suited to the characteristics of autonomous driving car and a legal system improvement plan that can give sustainable trust to autonomous driving car.

Features of Corporate Governance in Kazakhstan

  • Saparovna, Mukhtarova Karlygash;Sayatovna, Sayatova Malika
    • Asian Journal of Business Environment
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.15-22
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    • 2015
  • Purpose - Following globalization, Kazakh companies are considered to be among the main economic agents of the country. The influence of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) on Kazakhstan's economic development is becoming increasingly pronounced. Therefore, limitations and backwardness of legislation regarding regulation of corporate governance must be overcome at the earliest. Research design, data, and methodology - We considered the basis for legislation of corporate governance in Kazakhstan, and the corporate governance models that better describe the situation of being in the organization. Results - Earlier studies have identified several problems, including "transparency" of issuers and markets, and the consequent lack of (undeveloped) external control of managers of the former state-owned enterprises; lack of traditional corporate ethics and culture; and corruption, and other criminal aspects of the problem. This article describes several proposals to improve corporate governance in Kazakhstan to solve these problems. Conclusions - Domestic reformers acting without consideration of local features is a common occurrence today. They often ignore that these features are recommended for reputable international organizations, and therefore should be used carefully.

A Study on the legal status about chief of fishing boats (어로장의 법률상의 지위에 관한 연구)

  • Lim, Seok-Won
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.723-733
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    • 2011
  • On the general fishing boat in the same person of the fishing Chief and the Captain, the fishing chief positions are not separately. In this case, in Civil, Criminal and Administrative law, does not cause any problems. Just he take only responsibility for the legal effect of each, this is a natural solution for the effects of laws. But, if make one work unit, the fishing chief take fishing work from the position of the dominant of the captain, and moreover throughout the voyage work commands the captain. Such fishing chief center structure have roots institutive. In the case, according to legal liability by presenting solutions to the problem are as follows : firstly, The legal division Of the Sailing courses and operation course are necessary. Secondly, In the adminstrative ship official law, obligatory acquisition of the fishing Chief marine engineer qualification is necessary.

Categorization of medical activities in the essential surgical field that require criminal immunity -As part of solving the manpower shortage in essential medical hospitals in the surgical field- (형사면책이 필요한 외과계 필수의료행위의 범주화 - 외과계 필수의료 병원 인력난 해결을 위한 일환으로 -)

  • Phils Kim
    • The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.101-130
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    • 2023
  • Korea has very easy access to tertiary hospitals, including university hospitals, among OECD countries, and patients can reach the emergency room of a university hospital within 1-2 hours. However, there are many so-called 'essential medical' blind spots where people die because they do not receive surgery in time. In particular, in the case of essential medical care in the surgical field, despite basic surgery, there is a shortage of medical staff to perform outpatient surgery in emergency situations at university hospitals. Although this lack of manpower has a problem with low insurance premiums for surgery, it also has a very large impact on the burden of criminal liability for medical malpractice, which increases the incidence in case of emergencies. Here, we propose crime immunity to solve the manpower shortage of converged smart surgical essential medical (SES) hospitals. Currently, the medical community agrees on the need for crime immunity, but it is an ambiguous scope of immunity that has not reached a national consensus. We would like to present clear standards for essential medical practices (surgery) that require criminal immunity.

A Study on Civil and Criminal Liabilities of 119 Rescue and Its Legal Protection (공무원인 119구급대원의 직무수행과 관련하여 발생할 수 있는 민$\cdot$형사상 책임과 그에 따른 법적 보호를 위한 대책에 관한 연구)

  • Bae Hyun-A;Yun Soon-Young;Jung Koo-Young;Lee Kyung-Whan;Kim Chan-Woong
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.19 no.2 s.58
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    • pp.45-62
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    • 2005
  • This thesis has defined the legal status of 119 rescue who plays a major role in the Korean prehospital emergency medical system and reviewed the various issues that may occur depending on work related legal liabilities. As a result, the purpose of this study was to represent the countermeasures for legal protection of 119 rescue required for the quality improvement of prehospital emergency medical system and as well as the countermeasures for risk management prepared for its related lawsuits. The legal liabilities of 119 rescue officers can be divided largely into public law liabilities and civil and criminal liabilities. In order to decrease the incidences of legal problems and provide the legal protection to rescue officers, the liability of supervising physician should be emphasized when the emergency medical practice is performed by a rescue officer under their supervision by consolidating medical control and the rescue officer should have legal liability on his emergency medical practice. itself Also, the emergency medical service guideline for 119 rescue officers should be prepared and their works should be performed according to such a guideline and procedures. In addition, the accurate legal documentation on emergency medical system from on-site to ER and related mobilization should be framed and preserved. Moreover, it is required to enact a new law such as the Good Samaritan Act or the Rescue Officers Protection Act.

The provision of neutral program and limit of criminal liability (가치중립적 프로그램의 제공과 형사책임의 한계)

  • Kim, Hyung-Man
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.13-21
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    • 2014
  • The problem of the cases of Soribada and Winny is their duplexity that they could be used legally and illegally. The issue called 'The crime of aiding through the neutral behavior' is about whether the program developer who shared the file sharing program letting unspecified public infringe the copyright could be punished or not. Many theories about limiting the traditional scope of punishment of aider have been maintained. However, it is questionable whether it is possible to limit the scope of punishment following the former cases and theories even for the action that is causal and facilitates the principal's criminal conduct, like the aid through the neutral action which is hard to perceive as illegal aid because of its characteristics. Therefore, using the case of Soribada in Korea and the case of Winny in Japan as the examples of illegal aid through neutral behavior case, this paper examines the characteristics and problems of aid through existing theories and cases, and suggests new scope of punishment limitation standard through the elaboration of the action of aid and judgment of degree.

A Study on Software Development and Legal Regulation (소프트웨어 개발과 법적규제)

  • Kim, Hyung-Man
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.11-20
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    • 2011
  • Internet users and copyright holder have been at the center of a severe legal dispute because file-sharing soft (P2P) through Napster aggravates the violation of copyright as well as takes on the world. Though it is natural that we should hold users a criminal penalty for the illegal use of various computer programs, I think that if the supply of a computer program is generally within a circle of development act, program developer ought not to hold users criminally liable for the unintended illegal act of users. Two main issues are addressed in this work: (i) the basis and validity of legal responsibility and condemnation that appear in the precedent set as to P2P in America, Japan, and Korea. (ii) the necessity of both scientific technology development and efficient legal regulation of copyright holder. For this purpose, software development and legal regulation are reviewed analyzed from viewpoint of the criminal law.

The Criminal Liability of Physicians in the Case of Medical Accidents (의료사고에서의 형사책임 -원내감염사고의 해결을 향하여-)

  • Utsumi, Tomoko
    • The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.3-40
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    • 2018
  • Conventionally, there were few cases in which a medical accident became a criminal case in Japan. However, after the serious malpractice such as the Yokohama City University Hospital case, prosecutors came to be less hesitant to prosecute a malpractice. In a medical accident, the attribution of the responsibilities among medical personnel becomes one important element of the proof of negligence. The Supreme Court concluded that, when the attribution of the responsibilities is not established among medical personnel to confirm the identity of the patient like the Yokohama City University Hospital case, all the personnel who were involved bear the responsibilities to identify the patient. For serious cases which requireut most carefulness fortreatment such as the Saitama Medical University Hospital case, not only the chief physician in charge of the case concerned but also the director of the branch at the university hospital bear the responsibilities to confirm the treatment policy of the case. After the acquittal of the Ohno Hospital case, the voice demanding more prudent prosecution of malpractices has become stronger than before. Meanwhile, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare introduced Medical Accidents Investigation System for the prevention of medical accident and, has reinforced the third party inspection of medical accidents.