The Institutional Origins of the 1987 Constitution: Accumulated Authoritarian Legacies and the Narrow Deliberative Structure of the Democratic Transition

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The research aims to identify the authoritarian legacies inherited by the 1987 Constitution and reasons for their persistence during the democratic transition.
Analyzed institutional structures including the governance, legislature, judiciary, and civil rights from the perspective of the 1987 Constitution's enactment.
Distinguished between operational legacies and structural legacies of authoritarianism to understand their impacts on democratic processes.
Investigated closed negotiation spaces during the democratic transition that excluded key players like minor parties and civil society.
Identified concentrated power in the presidency attributed to operational legacies, undermining checks on executive power.
Found the legislature incapable of effectively overseeing the executive due to structural flaws like the removal of oversight capabilities.
Noted that the judiciary's independence was compromised by operational and structural legacies, impacting the protection of civil rights.

Explores the authoritarian legacies in the 1987 Constitution, indicating the failures in democratic transition mechanisms.

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Hwi-Won Seo (2026) studied this question.

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