지방자치단체장의 3기연임 제한제도에 관한 공법적 검토

• 영문명: A Study of Provisions concerning Maximum Three Terms of Local Government Heads in Light of Public Law
• 발행기관: 한국지방자치법학회
• 저자명: 오준근(Oh Jun Gen)
• 간행물 정보: 『지방자치법연구』5권 1호, 122~144쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 법학 > 법학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2005.06.30

영문 초록

Provisions concerning the “maximum three terms of the heads of local governments” have been introduced in the Local Autonomy Act, which was amended by Act No. 4789, since December 20, 1994. These provisions were adopted to prevent the possibility of hampering local development due to the appointment of public officials through the spoils system and unjust collusion between specific regional groups, as well as of blocking up the election of competent men as the heads of local governments, which may be caused by four or more consecutive elections of the same heads of local governments. Judging from experiences of local autonomy for the last eleven years, however, the above matters presented as grounds for introducing such provisions are not valid. It is because, in the case of the heads of elementary local governments, the rate of those first selected as such amounts to 56.5 % while the rate of those third selected is only 14.6 %, which shows that residents can exercise and have exercised their right of self-decision in a proper way. The provisions of the maximum three terms of local government heads are not proper from the viewpoint of the Constitution because they infringe on the right of citizens to take a public office and restrict the right of residents to choose their heads autonomously, lacking the propriety of regulative objects, the pertinence of application means, and the balance of legal benefit and protection. Also, such legal regulation has no “reasonable grounds” in differentiating the heads of local governments from the members of the National Assembly or the local councils who are not subject to such restrictions as put in the said provisions. Thus, it would be valid from the viewpoint of the Constitution and administrative law to repeal such provisions to completely restore the right of citizens to take a public office and the right of residents to choose their heads autonomously. The need to prevent the : “arbitrariness of local government heads”, which is intended by the said provisions, is for all heads of local governments in whatever term they hold office. In conclusion, such problem should be solved in such a way as to strengthen the right of residents self-decision through the adoption of the recall system as a substitute means of the existing provisions.

목차

Ⅰ. 문제의 제기

Ⅱ. 지방자치단체장의 3기연임 제한제도의 의의와 도입배경 및 그 법적 타당성

1. 지방자치단체장의 3기연임 제한 제도의 의의

2. 대한민국 법률연혁집의 기록에 의한 도입배경과 그 법적 타당성

3. 국회회의록에 제시된 논리의 내용과 그 법적 타당성

Ⅲ. 외국의 입법례

1. 외국의 입법례의 검토기준

2. 외국의 입법례의 검토 결과

Ⅳ. 지방자치단체의 장의 법적 지위와 대통령의 법적 지위의 비교

1. 비교의 필요성

2. 대통령의 헌법상 지위와 그 연임 제한의 의의

3. 지방자치단체장의 법률상 지위와 그 연임제한의 타당성

Ⅴ. 지방자치단체장의 연임제한 제도의 헌법적 타당성

1. 분석의 의의와 그 필요성

2. 공무담임권의 제한의 합헌여부

3. 지방자치관련 헌법규정과의 합치여부

Ⅵ. 요약 및 결론

참고문헌

키워드

지방자치법 지방자치단체장의 3선연임 제한규정 공무담임권 주민의 자주결정권 헌법 행정법 Local Autonomy Act Provisions concerning the “maximum three terms of the heads of local governments The Right of Citizens to take a Public Office The Right of Residents to Choose their Heads Autonomously Constitution Administrative Law