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Seon-Taek Kim (born 28 September 1958) is a leading constitutional scholar in South Korea and professor at Korea University School of Law. He is a founding director of Party Law Research Center at Korea University and the President of the Constitutional Academic & Professional Association.

Education
Kim received his LL.B. (1982) and LL.M. (1984) degrees from Korea University in Seoul, South Korea. He worked as a research assistant and finished a doctoral course in constitutional law at Korea University, and flew to Germany as a recipient of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Scholarship in 1987. He received his Dr Jur. degree from Universität zu Köln in 1992 under the supervision of Professor Dr Klaus Stern.

Academic Positions
Kim researched and taught as a lecturer at Korea University (1992-1994), and he joined the Faculty of Law at Kyungpook National University, Taegu in 1994. A year later, In 1995, he joined the Faculty of College of Law, Korea University. As of 2020, he is Professor of Korea University School of Law.

Academic Affiliations

 * President, Constitutional Academic & Professional Association, 2013-
 * President, Anam Law Association, 2015-2016
 * Member, Korean Public Law Association (ex Vice president)
 * Member, Korean Constitutional Law Association (ex Vice president)
 * Member, Korea Comparative Public Law Association (ex Vice president)

Activities (selected)

 * Academic Advisor(Akademischer Berater), Constitutional Court of Korea
 * Member, Administrative Adjudication Committee under the Prime Minister
 * Chief of Subcommittee of Public Information, Central Administrative Adjudication Committee
 * Member, Committee for Civil Control of Judicial Administration, Seoul Central District Court
 * Member, Advisory Committee, Ministry of Justice
 * Member, Committee for Interpretation of Laws, Ministry of Justice
 * Chief of Subcommittee of Public Law, Special Committee for the study on the Laws of South and North Korea, Ministry of Justice
 * Member, Advisory Committee, The Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea
 * Member, Commission for Prevention and Relief of Gender Discrimination
 * Member, Advisory Committee, Ministry of Gender & Equality
 * Chief of Social Rights Forum, National Human Rights Commission of Korea
 * Member, Administrative Adjudication Committee, National Assembly
 * Member, Committee for Selecting Excellent Legislations, National Assembly

Journal articles (in Korean)

 * "Global Trends in Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide" (June 2018)
 * "Constitutional Consensus as a Foundation of Civic Education" (March 2017)
 * "Constitutional Amendment through People’s Participation" (Oct. 2017)
 * "Whether the Intervention in State affairs by a confidante of the President could be the Grounds for Impeachment of the President" (Sept. 2017)
 * "Parliamentary Control of Delegated Legislation"(Nov. 2015)
 * "Teilung und Wiedervereinigung, Legitimität der Verfassung"(March 2015)
 * "Constitutionalisation without ‘Constitutionalism Patriotism’"(March 2015)
 * "Constitutional Court as a Guardian of Democracy?"(Feb. 2015) (co-authored with Jeong-In Yun)
 * "The Interpretation of Substantial Requirements of Dissolution of Political Parties on the basis of the Constitutional Text"(Sept. 2014)
 * "Constitutionalism and Constitutional Tasks in Korea" (Sept. 2014)
 * "The European Court of Human Rights' Criteria on Dissolution of Political Parties" (Aug. 2014) (co-authored with Jeong-In Yun)
 * "The Future of History in Korean Democracy" (July 2014)
 * "The Role of Constitutional Court in Constitutional Dialogue ― Korean Constitutional Judicial Review, Is the Third Way Possible?"(June 2013)
 * "Duty-based understanding of the Presidency" (March 2013)
 * "Constitution and Revolution ― Civic Constitutionalism" (Feb. 2013)
 * "Constitution-making and Public Participation ― in the Case of Constitutional Amendment in Korea" (Dec. 2012)
 * "Constitutional Review of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment ― In the Case of Yushin-Constitution" (Nov. 2011)
 * "Multicultural Society and the Constitution" (June 2010)
 * "Persönlichkeitsrecht ― Schutzsystem und Schutzinteresse in der Rechtsprechung des Koreanischen Verfassungsgerichts" (Dec. 2008)
 * "Development of Protection of Fundamental Human Rights and Tasks of Constitutional Jurisprudence in Korea" (Dec. 2008)
 * "Constitutional principle of Republic and Interpretation of Korean Constitution" (Sept. 2008)
 * "Argumentation on the Unconstitutionality of the so-called ‘Yushin-Constitution(1972)" (Oct. 2007)
 * "The Illegality of Emergency Measures and the Removal of Effect of unjust Judgements" (Oct. 2007)
 * "The Power Distribution between the Executive and the Congress in Foreign Affairs ― A Study on the Congress' Approval to the Treaty-Making by the Executive" (Sept. 2007)
 * "Constitutional Reform following the Changing Structure of Democracy" (2007)
 * "A Study on the Amendment of General Provisions of Constitutional Human Rights" (2006)
 * "Constitutionalism and Korean Constitution in the Globalized era" (Nov. 2005)
 * "The Constitutional Court ― its Status and Limits within the principle of Separation of Powers" (June 2005)
 * "The Legal Meaninglessness and Political Meaningfulness concerning the Popular Vote to reconfirm the Democratic Legitimacy of the President" (March 2004)
 * "Democracy and the Election" (2001)
 * "Legal Character and Effects of the Referendum" (2000)
 * "Grundrechtssystem" (1999)
 * "Constitution and the Policy of Reunification" (1998)
 * "Der Begriff des Grundrechts" (June 1998)
 * "Der Begriff der Verfassung" (May 1998)
 * "An Interpretation of Article 128 Clause 2 of Korean Constitution" (1997)
 * "The Effect of Power Distribution of Parliamentarian Elements in the Korean Constitution" (1997)
 * "Constitutional Review on the substantive Unconstitutionality of formal Constitution" (1996)
 * "Vergangenheitsbewältigung und Rechtsstaat" (1995)
 * "Verfassungswirklichkeit und Verfassungsverwirklichung" (June 1993)
 * "Systematic Interpretation of Right to Pursuit of Happiness and Unenumerated Rights" (1993)
 * "A Study on the Limits of Constitutional Amendment" (Aug. 1987)
 * "Der Staatsbegriff im Sinne von Rudolf Smend als verfassungstheoretische Voraussetzung" (Aug. 1986)

Books

 * Constitution as a Foundation of Civic Education (시민교육의 기초로서의 헌법) (Publius Publishing, 2020) (co-authored with Seok-No Hong, Jeong-Rok Oh and Jeong-In Yun)
 * March First Revolution and the Korean Constitution (3.1대혁명과 대한민국헌법) (Publius Publishing, 2019) (co-authored with Seung-Ju Bang, Tae-ho Chung and Gwanjae Kim)
 * Case Study of Constitutional Law (헌법사례연습) (Bobmunsa, 3rd. ed., 2004)
 * Die Interpretation der Grundrechte nach dem Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutchland und nach der Verfassung der Republik Korea, Diss. jur. Köln (1992)