How Many Times Has the Korean Constitution Been Amended?: Reflections on Constitutional Identity and the Construction of Time

Promulgated 1987, South Korea‘s current constitution states in its preamble that this is the ninth revision of the first constitution adopted in 1948. Its immediate predecessor constitution of 1980, however, proclaims that the constitution had been changed three times before. What explains this discrepancy? Drafters of the two constitutions evidently had different ideas as to...

Panel 117, TUESDAY JUNE 26 2018 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM