헌법개정논의의 질적 제고에 관한 연구

Since the revision of the constitution in 1987, constitutional amendment agenda has been consistently raised in political changes or politically important phases. While many discussions on the constitutional amendment focus on ‘what’ and ‘how’ to change, the purpose of this study is to examine what constitutional amendment is and what to prepare for it. At the moment of the constitutional amendment coming to constitutional politics requires a high level of political judgment, a long-term view, and civic virtue, and at the same time, there should be a society-wide consensus on the necessity and basic direction of the constitutional amendment. For this purpose, this study argues that public opinion field should be activated in normal politics and it should be stably guaranteed through constitution. Civic education through political participation in public opinion field, establish social consensus based on mutual understanding and discussion, and the process of constant deliberation and communication to agree on the basic social order and the revision direction need to be preceded by the amendment. The constitutional amendment requires a progressive and phased approach in terms of law and politics, and the urgent thing before the constitutional amendment discussion is the consolidation of democracy and the stabilization of constitutionalism in normal politics.