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Legal and Ethical Insight about Witch Hunt Issues on Online News and 'Pseudo Press' (온라인 매체상의 현대식 마녀사냥 이슈와 '유사언론 행위'간 법적·윤리적 논쟁에 대한 고찰)

  • Jeung, Woon Gap
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.18 no.7
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2018
  • Present study investigated the crash phenomenon between freedom of press and pseudo press. For that researcher gathered online witch hunt cases from 2012 to 2017 and interpret with the logical basis of argument which needs to control pseudo press activity. On the other hand, present research arranged former studies about freedom of press and right of reputation and privacy as a counterpart that can be ethical debate. Futhermore, court case about right of small independent media where has less than 5 people also gathered. By Comparison of each ethical and legal basis, this study provide the insight which can inspire to think about real right of citizen and press.

A Study on Government 3.0 in the Era of the Right to Know (알권리 시대, 정부3.0의 위험과 과제)

  • Kim, You-Seung
    • Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.37-62
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    • 2014
  • This study aims to discuss the paradigm shift of the right to know and to analyze the government 3.0 policies of the Park Gun-Hae's administration. The study analyzes the preceding researches on the rights to know and freedom of information. It also defines the concept of the right to know in both broad and narrow senses. Furthermore, the history of people's right to know is analyzed and divided into three different stages. Then, the outcomes and limitations of government 3.0 during Park Gun-Hae's administration are explored. As a result, the study discusses the dangers and the future tasks of government 3.0 in terms of quality, gathering, and security of public information.

The Meaning of Parody and the Freedom of Expression (패러디의 의미와 표현의 자유)

  • Jang, Yeon-Yi;Kim, Hee-Kweon
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.18 no.7
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    • pp.1333-1339
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    • 2017
  • Parody is credited for one of the forms of artistic presentation, and the utilization has been increasing day by day. However, there is no clear regulation in legislation or case. Parody is usually made without authorization to exploit of original author, so there is a lot of controversy over its infringement of copyright. Constitutional Law guarantees the freedom of expression and that of art, but it protects the author's right as well. So it is important how settle the collision of fundamental rights. It is expected the development of a variety of discussion on parody from the views of the basic value the Constitution pursues and the improvement and development of the culture that is the purpose of Copyright Act.

U.S. FOIA(FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT) AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION AFTER 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS (9/11 테러 이후 강화된 미국 연방정부의 국가안보 정책이 정보자유법 (Freedom of Information Act) 및 연방 정보공개정책에 미친 영향)

  • Kwon, Hyuck-Bin
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.20
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    • pp.365-392
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    • 2009
  • The increased concern about national security in the U.S. after the 9/11 terrorist attacks has influenced public rights of access to government information and its legal foundation, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Public access to government information has been restricted at the policy level by a series of legislative and executive changes in FOIA after September 11, 2001, but the examination of statistics on FOIA implementation between fiscal years 1999 and 2004 shows that the strengthened national security measures did not have a considerable impact at the implementation level during this period. These contrasting findings might be due to the public officials' informal reaction to the criticism of the restriction on public access, bureaucratic inertia, and the use of new record categories not subject to FOIA.

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A Study on the Improvement of Freedom of Information Act (「정보공개법」 개선방안 연구)

  • Kim, Youseung;Jung, Jinim
    • The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
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    • no.81
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    • pp.45-87
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    • 2024
  • This study aims to discuss ways to improve the information disclosure system centered on the Freedom of Information Act by analyzing the revision history of the Act and interviewing information disclosure experts. First, the study analyzed the revision history and contents of the Act from its enactment to today. It found that although positive amendments have been made in terms of expanding the right to know, they have been limited to operational aspects, and no amendments have been made to the criteria for determining information subject to disclosure. The interview was organized into three areas: achievements, problems, and improvements of the Act. The analysis was conducted by breaking down the content of each area and organizing it into themes. In conclusion, the study proposed eight recommendations for improvement, including expanding the scope of information disclosure, categorizing the information to be disclosed, securing a procedure for appealing the non-disclosure of information, increasing the effectiveness of the committee, introducing penalties and disciplinary regulations, establishing an Information Disclosure Appeals Tribunal, establishing systematic controls to prevent misuse of the right to request information, and merging the Public Data Act with the Freedom of Information Act.

Freedom of Library and the Library Bill of Rights (도서관의 자유와 권리선언에 관한 연구)

  • 변우열
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.1-40
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    • 2002
  • All libraries are forums for information and ideas. Therefore, libraries must have systematic devices through which library users can make use of library materials freely. The systematic devices usually have the form of Library Bill of Rights. The aim of this study is to offer basic data in case our country adopt Library Bill of Rights in the near future. In this thesis, the significance of Library Bill of Rights was investigated and the common components were drawn from the analysis of the changing processes and contents of Library Bill of Rights in the USA and Japan. In the USA and Japan, the Library Association an official institution adopted Library Bill of Rights and established permanent departments to keep and develop Library Bill of Right as well as to solve the problems such as infringement of freedom of library. The common components of Library Bill of Rights are as follows: freedom to collect materials, freedom to provide materials, right to refuse censorship, cooperation with the persons ind groups concerned, a person's rights to use a library, fair use of the library facilities, and protection users' privacy.

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A Study on a Legitimate Plaintiff in Cases Involving a State Request for a Right of Reply (반론보도청구사건에 있어 국가기관의 당사자 적격에 관한 고찰)

  • Yoo, Jae-Woong
    • Korean journal of communication and information
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    • v.21
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    • pp.147-175
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    • 2003
  • This study is primarily concerned with the criteria for choosing a legitimate state plaintiff in cases involving a states request to media for a right of reply. Interpretation of the right of reply itself is different from country to country because of different constitutional views and systems in each state. Unlike the United States, the constitution of the Republic of Korea does not expressly prohibit the making of laws adversely affecting freedom of the press. Accordingly, in Korea freedom of the press may be restricted through legislation within certain limits and the right of reply is not incompatible with the spirit of the constitution. An analysis of relevant law makes it clear that the particular agency aggrieved should initiate the suit rather than the Justice Minister. The idea that the Justice Minister should assume the role of plaintiff in all state cases seems to stem from flawed interpretations of provisions in the Law Governing Registration of Periodicals and the Law Governing Litigation Involving the State. Even though each state agency has the right of reply, it should be cautioned not to abuse it as the states frequent involvement in litigation may bring on unnecessary misunderstanding and have a chilling effect on the media. The right of reply does not always imply that a certain media report in question is wrong and the media should be sanctioned for it. The right of reply is basically intended to help the general public make an informed judgment on issues presented in the media and insure fairness and balance.

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Legal Strategy for the sake of Enhancement of Safety of Lifts Operation - focusing on the Experience of UK - (승강기 안전성 제고를 위한 법제적 전략 - 영국의 경험을 참고하여 -)

  • Kim, Yong-Hoon
    • Journal of Legislation Research
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    • no.54
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    • pp.111-154
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    • 2018
  • The protection of fundamental rights of people is a natural duty of a state. Since Constitutional Law declare that a state is obliged to protect the fundamental rights of people obviously, it is reasonable to postulate that a state has a duty to protect every person's right much more positively. Of course, it is true that whereas right of freedom is much more important in modern states, the social right becomes more important currently. Nevertheless, we have no choice but to put an emphasis on the importance of the right of freedom like modern states. Thus states are still bound to try to protect the right of people, specific duty of behavior for the sake of right of freedom belongs to states. In particular, due to the fact that lifts are essential to our comfortable life and the demage from the accident concerning with the lifts is fatal, the strategy for securing the safety of using the lifts is significant to some extent. And because it is true that the experience of UK that put an emphasis on the role of civil actors is meaningful to us, there seems implications for us. Accordingly, it is possible to consider the material components such as the check of safety before installation for the sake of safety enhancement, quality control for lifts parts, specification of check criterion and variation of check cycle etc. and personal ones such as specification of qualification of competent persons, guarantee of competent person's independence, variation of obligator's duty and variation of user's obligation etc. However, as the situation of UK is one thing and that of Korea is another, we don't have to adhere to the policy and the experience of UK strictly. Rather, we had better apply the policy and experience of UK to ours appropriately.

Human Dignity and the Right of Pursuing Happiness (인간(人間)의 존엄(尊嚴)과 가치(價値)·행복추구권(幸福追求權))

  • Jeon, Chan-Hui
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.317-326
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    • 2010
  • The respect for human dignity and worth is to purpose both the ideological premise and the guarantee of all the fundamental rights at the same time. Both freedom and rights which are necessary for obtaining those purposes should be guaranteed. "A human has dignity and worth as a human being" is that a nation exists for an individual between an individual and a nation. It declares democratic ideology. It becomes a ultimate standard to solve a problem of the interpretation of an article of a law and the effect of a law. The right to pursue one's happiness is necessary to persue one's happiness. The rights comprehensively covers even the freedom and the right without in an article of a law. It shows a positive rights like a social fundamental rights in a minimum level of a law. According to the precedent of the Constitutional Court, as the right to pursue one's happiness is in area of a common action, the free manifestation of the authoritative individuality, and self-determination in category, this study is to emphasize the importance of the right to pursue one's happiness throughout its meaning and the precedent of history legislation.

Medical Practice and the Fundamental Rights: Approaching by Constitutional Interpretation (의료행위와 기본권: 헌법 해석적 접근)

  • Chang, Cheoljoon
    • The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.11-34
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    • 2014
  • Promulgation of the medical practice rule without specific definition in Medical Law has brought about many constitutional issues. The major issue is that the law has the government punish unlicensed medical practice without defining what it is. Instead, the law chooses a license-centered structure of criminal punishment for medical malpractice, saying "no one can practice medicine without the government-approved license." This regulation violates the rule of "void for vagueness" based on the principle of "nulla poena nullum crimen sine lege." Judicial interpretation should be required for a citizen to understand the Medical Law provision intuitively. In addition, the law infringes upon the freedom of occupation of the unlicensed and the licensed who wish to extend his or her practice area for "holistic medicine." The central issue of the law is that it was established under no ground of professionalism even though medical practice has been understood professional. The government has centrally controlled the medical field for its needs. Lastly, the current law violates the right of medical selection of the consumers of medicine. Because patients have the right of health and life, they have to hold the latitude of selection for medical treatments. Especially, they should have an opportunity for considering the Complementary and Alternative Medicine if they want. But under the current rules, this medicine is not permitted. To correct those problems, a new provision for the definition of medical practice should be adopted at once.

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