한국 민주주의의 진로에 대한 정치철학적 고찰 - 자유주의, 시장, 법의 지배 및 헌정주의의 상호관계를 중심으로 = A Political Philosophical Reflection on the Future Path of Korean Democracy: Centering around the Interrelationship between Liberalism, Market, the Rule of Law and Constitutionalism

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

<P>Modern democracy has been closely associated with the following modern ideology and major institutional forms: liberalism as a particular political ideology, market as a universal economic institution, the rule of law as the oldest political ideal, and constitutionalism. Since such concepts as democracy, liberalism, market, the rule of law and constitutionalism are all essentially contested, however, the actual democratic form which a political society can adopt is determined in accordance with both differing definition of those concepts and different combination of those concretely defined concepts(or institutions).</P><P> The main purpose of this paper is to reflect philosophically upon the possible democratic forms among which Korean society may choose and pursue theoretically in the years to come, taking into account the possible various interrelationships that may be established between the above mentioned concepts(or institutions). In conclusion, the future form of Korean democracy will be determined, depending upon actual arrangement of liberal basic rights, determination of the form and substance of the rule of law, choice of a particular form of market and establishment of an interrelationship between democracy and constitutionalism. In addition, Korean democ-racy will be more concretely outlined in line with both how Korean people integrate or balance the existing representative democracy and people"s demands for more participation, and how they readjust the balance between executive, legislative and judicial powers in the context of changing circumstances.</P>