Director of Judicial Administration under the US military government, Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea and second Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection
| Life | 1900 ~ 1967 |
| Era | 일제강점기~현대 |
| Clan | 광주 노씨 |
No Jin-seol (1900-1967) was a jurist from Gwangju. Korean Wikipedia introduces him as Director of Judicial Administration under the US military government, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea and the second Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection. His career, education and birthplace under Japanese rule were not confirmed in this research and are not stated; since he was an adult before 1945, that part needs separate sources.
In March 1948 Major General Dean, military governor, appointed him to the Central Election Commission to manage the 10 May general election, the first election leading to the establishment of the Republic of Korea, so he was one of the jurists who took part in forming the government. On 1 June that year he was chosen expert member of the Constitution Drafting Committee, the body that prepared the draft of the founding Constitution.
After the founding of the government he served as Supreme Court Justice and succeeded Jeong In-bo (Wudang) as Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection. Wikipedia records that during his chairmanship the Special Committee on Anti-National Activities handed down its first death sentence to a defendant who had been a notorious police detective under Japanese rule. The earlier chairman is Jeong In-bo, and the committee investigated collaborators of the colonial period. No Jin-seol died in 1967. This summarizes brief Wikipedia-line sources; the details of his life, tomb and descendants were not confirmed.
1948 was the year of the 10 May election, the founding Constitution and the establishment of the government. No Jin-seol was appointed to the Central Election Commission in March and expert member of the Constitution Drafting Committee in June, taking part in shaping the framework. Together with his earlier post as Director of Judicial Administration under the military government, he is presented as the representative of the legal and administrative field among the Gwangju No.
During the chairmanship of No Jin-seol, who succeeded Jeong In-bo, the Special Committee on Anti-National Activities is recorded to have given its first death sentence to a defendant who had been a notorious police detective under Japanese rule. This is a brief Wikipedia statement, so the specific circumstances and his role were not confirmed. Because Jokbo World found no source on his activities under Japanese rule, it leaves the pro-Japanese/independence-merit tag blank.
His tomb was not confirmed in this research.