The criminal procedure law of the Republic of Korea what is fundamental the principle of an exclusive indictment and a discretionary indictment has had the Appeal/Reappeal on a ruling, Request for Ruling and Petition to Constitution as an equipment of...
The criminal procedure law of the Republic of Korea what is fundamental the principle of an exclusive indictment and a discretionary indictment has had the Appeal/Reappeal on a ruling, Request for Ruling and Petition to Constitution as an equipment of the control relating to the non-institution of prosecution of a public prosecutor. In other words, a petitioner on one side who was insubordinate regarding a crime of abuses of authority of a public official motions the request for ruling and a petitioner on the other side who was insubordinate regarding the other crime except it requests the appeal/reappeal on a ruling and then can request the petition to constitution finally. But, since the sphere of the request for ruling has limited for an intensification of the prosecutory power in the revitalizing reform age, it couldn't be functioned well. Moreover, since constitutional court has judged the non-institution of prosecution of a public prosecutor, it was functioned freakishly. Thus, its abuse was serious exceedingly.
The criminal procedure law of the Republic of Korea has completely expanded an object of the request for ruling from the crime of abuses of authority of a public official to all crimes through the amendment on April 30th, 2007. That is to say, it was limited to the crime of abuses of authority of a public official before and expanded all crimes. Therefore, a current structure of criminal procedure is faced with a new phase.
Accordingly, for controlling a discretion of indictment more or less and for ruminating upon an intent of the revised request for ruling much-awaited, it would be important to be exercised appropriately for an exclusive prosecutorial power of a public prosecutor. Also, it is in danger of 'getting a civil case being a criminal case' because of a high rate of complaint and accusation in Korea. So it is necessary to prepare a plan of measure.
This master´s thesis is constructed the whole sixth chapters, including an introductory remarks in the first chapter, a meaning and history of the request for ruling in the second chapter, a comparative study of the request for ruling in the third chapter, a principal contents of the request for ruling in the fourth chapter, a controversial point and direction of improvement of the request for ruling in the fifth chapter and an concluding remarks in the sixth chapter.
In the second chapter, it looks around a meaning and history of the request for ruling. That is a preliminary proceeding in the Japanese imperialism age, the request for ruling in 1954 when the criminal procedure law was enacted, a reduction in the sphere of the request for ruling in 1973, the petition to constitution under constitutional court in 1988. And it is also instructive to study a meaning of the request for ruling as a matter of special law and a discussion by an overall expansion.
In the third chapter, it shows a comparative study of the request for ruling. There are a legislative background, a concrete content and a present operational status of Germany and Japan which system were become our legislative model, including a system of the United Kingdom and the United State. It would be very suggestive for our system.
In the fourth chapter, it expresses a legislative background, a legislative process and a principal content of a current request for ruling regarding an overall expansion. That is a revised bill of the criminal procedure law by a promotion committee for a judiciary reform, the deliberation of the Legislation & Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly and a principal content under the revised law.
In the fifth chapter, it points out raised controversial points in the present operational status of the request for ruling and seeks for a coming direction of improvement.
In the sixth chapter, it studies a meaning of the request for ruling under the revised law and indicates a prospect in the future, condensing the contents mentioned above.
Almost country has a device of the non-institution of prosecution of a public prosecutor in spite of a different form. Although it shows a real utilization rate is inactive and a result is also low, there is the significance of existence where provides the device of control regarding a discretion of indictment of a public prosecutor.
This amendment can be comprehensible our request for ruling is transformed from a Japanese quasi-prosecution procedure to a Germanic compulsory prosecution procedure. On the other hand, unlike a Germanic individual impeachment or a Japanese judgment committee of the prosecution, our system what a nation participates in the criminal judicature is not available. Therefore in the Republic of Korea where method to appeal a dissatisfaction toward the non-institution of prosecution of a public prosecutor is only the request for ruling, it is required that a revised request for ruling should operate appropriately and effectively by a consideration about a present operational status and controversial points in the several country.