지방자치단체 통합에 따른 법적 검토

Abstract

Now local autonomous communities try to reduce financial independency and costs by unifying neighboring local areas in a way that they make or change boundaries between the areas. There is a tendency to approach newly the foundation of basic local autonomies. Recently, for example, Chang-won nearby areas were united and Je-ju Special Self-governing Province took out it's basic self-governing body and set up the body into extended one. Futhermore, the government also continues to encourage local autonomies to combine one anther in order to cut down costs. For instance, the government urges Cheong-ju and Cheong-won to unify each other, but they don't, because they conflict each other. For the units of local autonomous communities, at first inconsistent laws should be unified and the contradictory articles of the law also are problems to be solved. In addition, it is needed that the law or constitute should clearly stipulate the rights of local citizens to make decisions by themselves. Also, the central administration agency should limit it's role as a mediator in the unions among local autonomies and should not act it's authority directly, because it could infringe on the rights of the local autonomies. The combinations of local self-governing communities are not a problem that can be solved with only present political institutions and laws. Rather than that, it should be handled out by the way of reflecting the opinions of local citizens. Additionally, legislators should arrange and make a consistency of the ordinances through legislative law. Therefore, the unification of local autonomous communities should be achieved by assuring democratic justice that guarantees the rights of local citizens to decided by themselves.