The Reviews of the Criminal Cases of the Korean Supreme Court in 2014
In the year of 2014, 194 criminal cases decided by the Korean Supreme Court(KSC) are registered on the internet homepage of the Court. 2 cases of which are decided by the Grand Panel. In this paper, these two cases and 12 cases are reviewed which, I think, are comparatively imporant. 3 cases are concerning the general provisions of Korean Criminal Law. The other 7 cases are concening the pariticular provisions of Korean Criminal Law. All the reviews are constituted of 1. The Fact of the Case, 2. The Summary of Decision and 3. The Note.
The contents of this paper is as follows;
I. Introduction
II. The Grnad Panel of the KSC’s Judgements
In this chapter, 2cases of the Grand Panel in KSC are reviewed.
III. The KSC’s Judgements concerning the General Provisions of Criminal Law
In this chapter, 3 cases are selected and reviewed. The related subjects of the cases are such as the periodical application scope of the criminal law and the criminal responsibility of the doctors.
IV. The KSC’s Judgements concerning the Particular Provisons of Criminal Law
In this chapter, 7 cases are selected and reviewed. The related subjects of the cases are such as the crime of comtempt, the subjective element of the theft, the legislative and dogmatic problems of the robbery that results in injury, the problem of the quasi-robbery and etc.