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Case Statistics of the Constitutional Court of Korea

As of Jun 30, 2010       :    :
Type Total Constitu-
tionality do Law1)		 Impeach-ment Dissolu-tion of a Political Party Compe-tence Dispute Constitutional Complaint
Sub total ¡×68 I ¡×68 II
Filed 19246 704 1   68 18473 15884 2589
Settled 18538 590 1   56 17891 15553 2338
Dismissed by Small Benches 8333         8333 7568 765
Decided by Full Bench Unconstitutional2) 349 138       211 62 149
Unconformable to Constitution3) 130 47       83 30 53
Unconstitutional, in certain context44) 52 15       37 11 26
Constitutional, in certain context5) 28 7       21   21
Constitutional 1338 247       1091 4 1087
Annulled6) 338       14 324 324  
Rejected 5928   1   12 5915 5915  
Dismissed 1426 30     20 1376 1197 179
Miscellaneous 6         6 5 1
Withdrawn 610 106     10 494 437 57
Pending 708 114     12 582 331 251
  1. This type of "Constitutionality of Law" case refers to the constitutionality of statutes cases brought by ordinary courts, i.e., any court other than the Constitutional Court.
  2. "Unconstitutional" : Used in Constitutionality of Laws cases.
  3. "Unconformable to Constitution" : This conclusion means the Court acknowledges a law's unconstitutionality but merely requests the National Assembly to revise it by a certain period while having the law remain effective until that time.
  4. "Unconstitutional, in certain context" : In cases challenging the constitutionality of a law, the Court prohibits a particular way of interpretation of a law as unconstitutional, while having other interpretations remain constitutional.
  5. "Constitutional, in certain context" : This means that a law is constitutional if it is interpreted according to the designated way.This is the converse of "Unconstitutional, in certain context". Both are regarded as decisions of "partially unconstitutional".
  6. "Annulled" : This conclusion is used when the Court accepts a Constitutional Complaint which does not include a constitutionality of law issue.