The Legislative Effort To Reform Lobbying Activities In South Korea - An Analysis From The Legislative Perspectives -

In July 2005, ten members of the South Korean National Assembly introduced a bill to be promulgated as the Lobbyist Registration and Lobbying Disclosure Act (Bill No. 2231), which is currently pending at the National Assembly. The bill, with its thirty-one provisions and an addendum, if enacted, will be the first of the comprehensive legislation in South Korea directly applicable to lobbying that has been much discussed and debated from diverse standpoints in various relevant fields. At the same time, it will establish a statutory basis for the regulation of the lobbying activities and those who are involved therein. The legislative process functions to balance and harmonize diversified interests and viewpoints within a community, thereby determining the political will and forming the policy directions that in turn affect all within the community. The quintessential institutional mandate for the legislative process is, therefore, that it should serve as a forum, by its just and effective operation, through which a conclusion can be reached in the form of national policy by way of open deliberations to the best interest of the community and its members, especially when diverse and conflicting interests coexist within the community. Any legislative effort for lobbying reform, during the discussions over the pending bill at the National Assembly committees and sessions and beyond, should be directed toward an expansion of the opportunity for the members of the community to express diverse interests and to channel such interests to the...이 논문은 서울대학교 법학발전재단 출연 법학연구소 기금의 2005학년도 학술연구비 의 보조를 받았음