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@article{ART002965843},
author={Seo, Chang-Hoon},
title={Authoritarianism of 'laws and principles'},
journal={Civil Society and NGO},
issn={1599-8568},
year={2023},
volume={21},
number={1},
pages={223-262}

TY - JOUR
AU - Seo, Chang-Hoon
TI - Authoritarianism of 'laws and principles'
JO - Civil Society and NGO
PY - 2023
VL - 21
IS - 1
PB - The Third Sector Institute
SP - 223
EP - 262
SN - 1599-8568
AB - Despite the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's emphasis on "laws and principles", South Korea's democracy index is declining. To understand South Korea's political reality, where the complementary relationship between democracy and the rule of law is at odds, we must first ask whether the adherence to "law and principle" fully embodies the original spirit of the rule of law, and second, whether the legalistic application of law and principle does not stifle democracy and colonize the political culture of civil society. In order to determine whether the expression of "laws and principles" is a rhetoric of authoritarian instrumental "rule by law" or a will to implement democracy, I examined the illocutionary acts of the speaker and the perlocutionary acts of the people in response to this expression. I found that the Yoon administration's "laws and principles" is an instrumental, formal, and authoritarian rule by law that justifies and enforces policy decisions and policy implementation.
KW - political culture;South Korean politics;democratic backsliding;authoritarianism;Yoon Suk-yeol administration;laws and principles;rule of law;rule by law;legalism;civil society
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Seo, Chang-Hoon. (2023). Authoritarianism of 'laws and principles'. Civil Society and NGO, 21(1), 223-262.

Seo, Chang-Hoon. 2023, "Authoritarianism of 'laws and principles'", Civil Society and NGO, vol.21, no.1 pp.223-262.

Seo, Chang-Hoon "Authoritarianism of 'laws and principles'" Civil Society and NGO 21.1 pp.223-262 (2023) : 223.

Seo, Chang-Hoon. Authoritarianism of 'laws and principles'. 2023; 21(1), 223-262.

Seo, Chang-Hoon. "Authoritarianism of 'laws and principles'" Civil Society and NGO 21, no.1 (2023) : 223-262.

Seo, Chang-Hoon. Authoritarianism of 'laws and principles'. Civil Society and NGO, 21(1), 223-262.

Seo, Chang-Hoon. Authoritarianism of 'laws and principles'. Civil Society and NGO. 2023; 21(1) 223-262.

Seo, Chang-Hoon. Authoritarianism of 'laws and principles'. 2023; 21(1), 223-262.

Seo, Chang-Hoon. "Authoritarianism of 'laws and principles'" Civil Society and NGO 21, no.1 (2023) : 223-262.