한국헌정사를 통한 국무총리제에 관한 연구 = A Study on the Prime Minister System throughout the Whole Span of Constitutional Governments in Korea

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The simplest way to address the issues relating to the authority of the prime minister by the current constitution would be to revise it. Since, however, the revision of the constitution requires the utmost political considerations that are usually associated with major preconditions and complexity in themselves, it can't be easily brought on the agenda for deliberation. Accordingly, it would be more realistic, as stated in the foregoing, to seek the way forward by making best use of the present prime minister system.One of the ways our prime minister system can pursue to take would be to equip the prime minister with practical authority. The President, for example, should not fail to follow the procedures stipulated by the law in relation to appointment of cabinet members including recommendation by the prime minister. The recommendation of the prime minister should be reflected, at least to some extent, in the final selection of ministers. In this sense, the President could be checked, if not restrained, by the prime minister who controls and coordinates the administration as a whole.The second way to endow the prime minister with more power would be to widen chances for the prime minister to intervene in the personnel administration. As mentioned earlier, the prime minister should be given authority to execute the rights to recommend the appointment and dismissal of cabinet members as legally stipulated. Moreover, the status of the prime minister as chief of public officialdom will be more enhanced when the personnel rights for high ranking officials above the certain grade are delegated to the prime minister.