• 보건행정학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.382-393
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• 2019

The right to petition is a classical right of the people in constitutional states, and in Korea, it is a statutory right in the Constitution, the National Assembly Law, the Petition Law, and the Local Autonomy Act. The healthcare community first made a successful petition to the National Assembly when it achieved the amendment of the Government Organization Act through a petition to the National Assembly for the independence of the Ministry of Health, and this achievement served as the basis for further petitions. Since then, the healthcare community has successfully achieved the enactment and amendment of related occupational laws through National Assembly petitions, such as the amendment of Article 41, Paragraph 7 of the former Medical Insurance Act (Korean Medical Association, 14th Assembly), enactment of the Dental Health Act (Korean Dental Association, 15th Assembly), and amendment of the Health Functional Foods Act (Korea Pharmaceutical Association, 16th Assembly). Its petition accomplishment rate is higher than the total petition accomplishment rate of the Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly. However, along with the overall decrease in the number of National Assembly petitions, the Korean Medical Association and Korea Pharmaceutical Association have not achieved any results through petitioning since the 16th Assembly (June 2000), and the Korean Hospital Association and Korean Nurses Association have not achieved any results through petitioning since the 17th Assembly (April 2004). Furthermore, no National Assembly petitions have been made at all for 5 years (2014-2018). The Korean Medical Association and Korea Pharmaceutical Association previously showed a high petition accomplishment rate through their accumulated experience with National Assembly petitions and vigorous policy assistance from doctors/pharmacists/nurses turned lawmakers. More specifically, healthcare organizations have achieved results by actively conducting organized activities with the National Assembly, as implemented by a national assembly director and employees, and in case of petitions for legislation, each group has established infrastructure for reviewing the relevant laws by appointing a legislative director, as well as a legal advisor and advisory counsel. Although the organization that has submitted the most petitions to the National Assembly is the Korean Hospital Association, the group with the highest petition success rate is the Korean Medical Association, which may be linked to the relatively high proportion of doctors who have become lawmakers. Furthermore, the fact that other healthcare organizations were highly interested in petitioning the National Assembly has had major implications for the petition activities of healthcare organizations.

• 한국언론정보학보
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• 제33권
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• pp.227-251
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• 2006

2005년 1월 1일 국회를 통과한 '신문등의자유와기능보장에관한법률'(이하 신문법)은 시민언론단체의 신문법안과 비교하면 상당히 후퇴했다고 볼 수 있다. 편집자율성을 보장하기 위한 두 가지 장치 중 신문사 소유지분 분산 규정은 사라졌고 편집위원회(편집규약)는 임의기구가 되었다. 결국, 신문법은 '절반의 성공'만을 거둔 법이라는 비판을 받기도 했다. 그렇지만 신문법은 여론다양성 보장을 위해 신문시장의 시장지배적 사업자 추정 요건을 일반 상품 시장보다 강화하고 신문산업 진흥을 위한 신문발전위원회, 신문발전기금 신문유통원의 설치를 제도화하는 등 나름대로 의미가 있다고 볼 수 있다. 신문법이 시행되자 동아일보, 조선일보 등이 신문법 헌법소원을 제기하였고 이에 대한 헌법재판소의 판결이 이루어질 예정이어서 신문법의 위헌 여부가 관심의 대상이 되고 있다. 이 논문에서는 조선일보가 제기한 '신문법 위헌소원 청구이유 보충서'(이하 청구서)의 내용을 중심으로 신문법 위헌 논쟁의 주요 쟁점을 검토하였다.