특 집 : 경찰작용에 대한 법적 쟁점 ; 경찰소추제도로서 즉결심판절차의 재조명 = Legal Issues on Police Action : Reflection on the Speedy Trial as a Police Prosecution System

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Korean speedy trial system a special criminal procedure that is commenced by the chief of police stations, and in which evident and minor crimes are tried through the rapid process without the participation of prosecutors. However it has often criticised that it is unfair except of the principle of the monopolism of the power to charge the criminal, and has a risk that the police abuse its power by overlooking serious crimes or by improper or unnecessary charging the minor ones. Since Korean government had introduced police prosecution in 1957, it has contributed to spare the unnecessary costs of the prosecutory and judiciary authority as well as the excessive prices of the accused by dealing the petty crimes in the speedy and convenient process. And it has also served as a instrument to realize the principle of division of powers in charging process and adjudicatory stage. The judiciary reform committee in Korea had made a bill that abolish the summary trial commenced by the police and integrate it into the summary trial procedure led by prosecutors. But the Korean lawmakers refused to adopted it because they worried the exclusive possession of charging power by the prosecutory authority, and wanted check and balance in deciding to end investigation and charging the minor offenses. In historical and comparative perspectives, this article deals with the resonable ground why the police prosecution should be maintained in Korean criminal procedure and seeks the solutions to overcome its handicaps in realizing its goal.