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Case Statistics of the Constitutional Court of Korea

As of Dec 31, 2011       :    :
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 21621 772 1   75 20773 17425 3348
Settled 20823 741 1   70 20011 16927 3084
Dismissed by Small Benches 9856         9856 8598 1258
Decided by Full Bench Unconstitutional2) 445 221       224 68 156
Unconformable to Constitution3) 141 54       87 31 56
Unconstitutional, in certain context44) 59 15       44 17 27
Constitutional, in certain context5) 28 7       21   21
Constitutional 1569 269       1300 4 1296
Annulled6) 379       16 363 363  
Rejected 6124   1   17 6106 6106  
Dismissed 1535 59     26 1450 1246 204
Miscellaneous 6         6 5 1
Withdrawn 681 116     11 554 489 65
Pending 798 31     5 762 498 264
  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.