본문 바로가기
  • Home

A Study on the Private Person's Right of Expropriation for the Public Works - Centering on the Law on the Acquisition & Compensation for the Land etc. Expropriated for the Public Works -

  • Public Land Law Review
  • Abbr : KPLLR
  • 2009, 43(1), pp.247-276
  • Publisher : Korean Public Land Law Association
  • Research Area : Social Science > Law

lee jae sam 1

1경원대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The recent trend is to allow a private business to extensively grant the right of expropriation for the public works in order to induce an investment. It is therefore imperative to institutionalize the private person's right of expropriation by limiting it to only the essential type of public works violating the citizen's property rights, so that it may not be abused. Since such private person's right of expropriation can be an act of administration enabling the acquisition of property, all parties involved including the citizens, not to mention the competent authorities governing such public works, should give priority to the public good throughout the whole process that is, from start to finish. And those carrying out the public works often experience difficulty causing disagreement with the local residents either during the preparatory work or the compensation process, as they seek to secure access to the land owned by an unrelated person for surveying or investigation or removing obstacles or prospecting. For this reason the role of a self-governing body should be established settling the disputes between the local residents and those carrying out the public works. Also the undertaker of such public works is required to give a public notice in the paper, providing an outline of the project, details of the land/property to be expropriated, timing and procedures for compensation, along with a separate notification to be made to the individual land owners. It is therefore desirable that the competent self-governing body should actively provide the administrative service; to do this, the self-governing body should have a clear grasp of the essence of the project from its early stage, actively take part in the compensation process, and provide local residents with the information relevant to the project. In addition, the current dual system of the land acquisition and compensation for the public works should be united into a single system, systematizing the procedures and the standards while eliminating overlapping and inconsistency. In other words it needs to be ensured that rights of those compensated are protected and that public works are successfully completed. And professionalism and efficiency should be given priority in the dealings of compensation. It is recommended that those to be compensated be given an opportunity to state their views, along with a reinforced legal remedy, ensuring the collection of their opinions and the protection of their rights. To ensure such professionalism and efficiency, the compensation task should be institutionalized and entrusted to the specialist compensation organ, so that compensation can be properly made while protecting the rights of those who are to be compensated. This, in turn, will enable the efficient management of the compensation task, leading to the curtailment of the compensation budget.

Citation status

* References for papers published after 2023 are currently being built.