Content Framework of ‘Liberal Democracy and Free and Democratic Basic Order’ for Unification Education

While the Unification Education Support Act emphasizes ‘liberal democracy and free and democratic basic order’, core values and institutions of liberal democracy have not been taught enough in unification education of South Korea. It is because liberal democracy is theoretically contentious by itself and politically sensitive in Korea. This study explores liberal values and practical institutions of liberal democracy as a combination of economic liberalism and political democracy, and provides basic elements of free and democratic basic order, investigating precedents by the Constitutional Court of Korea and that of Germany. This study suggests content framework of liberal democracy for unification education.