Lee Shi-yoon

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Shi-yoon (Korean: 이시윤; 10 October 1935 – 9 November 2024) was a South Korean lawyer and judge. He served as a justice of the Constitutional Court from 1988 to 1993.^[1][2]

Lee Shi-yoon
이시윤
Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea
In office 15 September 1988 – 17 December 1993
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Lee Jae-hwa [ko]
Personal details
Born	(1935-10-10)10 October 1935 Keijō, Korea, Japan
Died	9 November 2024(2024-11-09) (aged 89) Seoul, South Korea
Education	Seoul National University
Occupation	Lawyer Judge

Life and career

Lee was born in Keijō (modern-day Seoul) in 1935. He graduated from Seoul High School and the Seoul National University School of Law.^[1]

In 1988, Lee was appointed as a justice of the newly created Constitutional Court of Korea. Lee studied the German system of constitutional adjudication of the German Federal Constitutional Court and wrote a series of articles called "Personal Views on Constitutional Justice".^[3]

Lee died at Severance Hospital on November 9, 2024, at the age of 89.^[1][4]