As a citizen and owner of the country
The minimum legal knowledge you must know

Louis XIV, the Sun King of France, said, "I am the state."
Louis XV, who succeeded him, also believed that the legislative power to make laws belonged only to him.
In a time when the king's word was law, politics for one person led to war and luxury, leaving the people suffering and starving.
Eventually, a revolution occurred in France, and the absolute monarch, who was not subject to the constraints of the law, was driven from the throne by the power of the people.
Today, our Constitution first and foremost states that all power in the Republic of Korea emanates from the people.
The author, a constitutional scholar, asks, “We are the masters, so to whom will we entrust the justice of the law?”
Because democracy can only be preserved when the people fulfill their role as masters.

This book explains in simple terms what the law is and why we need to know the law, from a perspective that young people can understand.
By looking at the history of mankind, we lead you to first understand the big picture of the law and build basic knowledge.
In addition, it helps students develop a proper legal awareness by introducing them to the world of various professions that create and enforce laws, such as members of the National Assembly, presidents, judges, and prosecutors.

Game of Thrones was a bloody story of citizens fighting for sovereignty against absolute monarchy.
Although it may be slightly different in each country, it was a life-threatening struggle to live as the master of the country, not as a slave.
As a result of this struggle, today's Constitution embodies the spirit of popular sovereignty, which means that sovereignty resides in the people.
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But can constitutional amendments alone protect the people's fundamental rights? This has prompted concerns about what we should do to prevent fundamental rights from being trampled upon again by the absurdities of those in power.
The answer was to establish a mechanism to protect the Constitution.
It was the emergence of a constitutional court that would examine the constitution using the yardstick.
As a result, the Constitutional Court was established through a constitutional amendment in 1987.
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The principle of legality is that the standards for crimes and punishments should be determined solely by law.
This embodies the modern idea that individuals' lives and property must be protected from the public power of the state or public organizations.
According to the principle of legality, the state determines the presence or absence of a crime and the type of punishment through laws agreed upon by society, and exercises coercive power.
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The presumption of innocence does not necessarily have to be observed only in court.
In reality, there are many cases where defendants on trial are treated as if they were already convicted due to public opinion.
The so-called trial by public opinion, which determines a trial based on public opinion regardless of the truth of the case, is against the spirit of the Constitution.
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For example, if you choose milk at a convenience store and take it to the checkout counter, you are making an offer to buy milk, and a contract is formed when the convenience store employee accepts the price of the milk.
Even taking a bus or buying a novel is a contract through subscription and acceptance.
Most of our daily lives revolve around these contracts.
Countless legal transactions occur every day.
We live on the foundation of civil law, although we may not be aware of it.
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In the past, match factories made matches with a toxic substance called white phosphorus.
The girls were exposed to toxic substances without protective equipment such as masks in a poorly ventilated factory.
His lower jaw collapsed, his face became hideous, and he eventually died.
At the factory, if the girl's face was seen to turn even slightly dark, they would give her a match and kick her out.
It was to hide an industrial accident.
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For the human dignity and happiness guaranteed by the Constitution to be realized, there must be a helping hand ready to be extended in times of crisis.
That warm hand could be a welfare policy or redistribution through multifaceted support.
Among them, the Social Security Act comes to us like the sunlight that embraces all things.
One of the core principles of social law is a humane life for all of us, and social security law guarantees this.

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