Constitutional Court of Korea

E26261

constitutional court court judicial body

The Constitutional Court of Korea is South Korea’s highest court for constitutional review, responsible for adjudicating the constitutionality of laws, resolving disputes over state powers, and protecting fundamental rights.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Constitutional Court of Korea canonical	13
Constitutional Court justices	1
Korean Constitutional Court	1
헌법재판소	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T196562 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitutional Court of Korea
Context triple: [South Korea, judicialBody, Constitutional Court of Korea]

A. Supreme Court of South Korea
The Supreme Court of South Korea is the nation’s highest judicial authority, overseeing the interpretation of law and final appeals in the South Korean legal system.
B. Supreme Court of Japan
The Supreme Court of Japan is the nation’s apex judicial body, responsible for final appeals and constitutional review within Japan’s legal system.
C. Osaka High Court
Osaka High Court is one of Japan’s major regional appellate courts, handling appeals and important cases from lower courts in the Kansai region.
D. Tokyo High Court
The Tokyo High Court is one of Japan’s major appellate courts, handling appeals from lower courts in the Tokyo region and playing a key role in the country’s judicial system.
E. Nagoya High Court
Nagoya High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts within its jurisdiction.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitutional Court of Korea
Target entity description: The Constitutional Court of Korea is South Korea’s highest court for constitutional review, responsible for adjudicating the constitutionality of laws, resolving disputes over state powers, and protecting fundamental rights.

A. Supreme Court of South Korea
The Supreme Court of South Korea is the nation’s highest judicial authority, overseeing the interpretation of law and final appeals in the South Korean legal system.
B. Supreme Court of Japan
The Supreme Court of Japan is the nation’s apex judicial body, responsible for final appeals and constitutional review within Japan’s legal system.
C. Osaka High Court
Osaka High Court is one of Japan’s major regional appellate courts, handling appeals and important cases from lower courts in the Kansai region.
D. Tokyo High Court
The Tokyo High Court is one of Japan’s major appellate courts, handling appeals from lower courts in the Tokyo region and playing a key role in the country’s judicial system.
E. Nagoya High Court
Nagoya High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts within its jurisdiction.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional court ⓘ court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
applies	Constitution of South Korea ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Korea
appointingAuthority	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea ⓘ National Assembly of South Korea ⓘ Moon Jae-in ⓘ surface form: President of South Korea
buildingName	Constitutional Court of Korea building ⓘ
canAnnul	unconstitutional statutes ⓘ
canDissolve	unconstitutional political parties ⓘ
canRemoveFromOffice	impeached public officials ⓘ
composition	nine justices ⓘ
country	South Korea ⓘ
decisionEffect	binding on all state organs ⓘ
ensures	supremacy of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea ⓘ
establishedAfter	democratic reforms of 1987 in South Korea ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	constitutional interpretation ⓘ review of emergency decrees ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	competence disputes between state organs ⓘ constitutional complaints by individuals ⓘ dissolution of political parties ⓘ impeachment proceedings ⓘ review of constitutionality of statutes ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges	9 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.ccourt.go.kr ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Jongno-gu, Seoul ⓘ Seoul ⓘ
highestCourtIn	constitutional review in South Korea ⓘ
inception	1988 ⓘ
jurisdiction	South Korea ⓘ surface form: Republic of Korea
languageOfWorkOrName	Korean ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of South Korea ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Korea
legalSystem	civil law system of South Korea ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Seoul ⓘ South Korea ⓘ
locatedOn	Korean Peninsula ⓘ
nativeName	Constitutional Court of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 헌법재판소
nativeNameLanguage	ko ⓘ
partOf	judiciary of South Korea ⓘ
primaryFunction	adjudication of constitutionality of laws ⓘ protection of fundamental rights ⓘ resolution of disputes over state powers ⓘ
protects	basic rights of individuals ⓘ
reappointment	allowed ⓘ
separatedFrom	Supreme Court of South Korea ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Korea
shortName	Constitutional Court of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Korean Constitutional Court
termLengthOfJudges	6 years ⓘ
typeOfCourt	specialized constitutional jurisdiction ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Korea → judicialBody → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

Supreme Court of South Korea → distinguishedFrom → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

Constitutional Court of Korea → nativeName → Constitutional Court of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 헌법재판소

Constitutional Court of Korea → shortName → Constitutional Court of Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Korean Constitutional Court

National Assembly of South Korea → impeachmentTarget → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court justices

Seoul Special City → hostsInstitution → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

Jongno-gu, Seoul → hosts → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

subject surface form: Jongno-gu

South Korean government → judicialBody → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

South Korean government → constitutionalReviewBody → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

Constitution of South Korea → providesForBody → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

Constitution of South Korea → judicialReviewBody → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

Constitutional Court of Korea building → occupant → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

Constitutional Court of Korea building → hasJurisdictionOver → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

Administrative Courts of South Korea → distinguishedFrom → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

Park Geun-hye → removedFromOfficeBy → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

Jongno District → contains → Constitutional Court of Korea ⓘ

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