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dc.contributor.authorVarayudej, Sameen
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-16T15:31:00Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the 6th Asian Law Institute Conference: Dynamics of Change in Asiaen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6532-
dc.description.abstractOn 2 December 2008, the Constitutional Court of Thailand passed a unanimous verdict dissolving the ruling People Power Party (PPP), and banning Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, from politics for five years because PPP executives had been convicted of electoral fraud in the general elections in December 2007. In two separate verdicts on the same day, the Constitutional Court also dissolved two parties in his coalition Chart Thai and Matchimathipataya on the similar grounds. As a result of the Court's rulings, anti-government protesters, led by the so-called 'People's Alliance for Democracy' (PAD) or the 'Yellow Shirts', ended the week-long siege of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports. While the Constitutional Court's verdicts were greeted by the PAD and its supporters as a legitimate tool to heal Thailand's fractured democracy, others questioned whether a proper legal procedure was fully followed by the Court in arriving at such radical verdicts. The paper will first provide a review of the constitutional history of Thailand. It will then look at the powers and functions of the Constitutional courts under the former provisions of the 1997 Constitution in comparison with the new provisions of the current 2007 Constitution. In the next section, it will analyse the recent controversial cases decided by the Constitutional Court of Thailand, especially those concerning electoral fraud and corruption. Finally, the paper will critically assess the role of the Constitutional Court in protecting the Rule of Law and democracy in Thailand.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Hong Kong, Faculty of Lawen
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 6th Asian Law Institute Conference: Dynamics of Change in Asiaen
dc.titleThe Constitutional Court of Thailand: Its Role in Protecting the Rule of Law and Democracyen
dc.typeConference Publicationen
dc.relation.conferenceASLI 2009: 6th Asian Law Institute Conference: Dynamics of Change in Asiaen
dc.subject.keywordsConstitutional Lawen
dc.subject.keywordsAdministrative Lawen
dc.subject.keywordsHuman Rights Lawen
local.contributor.firstnameSameen
local.subject.for2008180108 Constitutional Lawen
local.subject.for2008180114 Human Rights Lawen
local.subject.for2008180103 Administrative Lawen
local.subject.seo2008940203 Political Systemsen
local.subject.seo2008940201 Civics and Citizenshipen
local.subject.seo2008940405 Law Reformen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Lawen
local.profile.emailsvarayud@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryE2en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20100429-15295en
local.date.conference29th - 30th May, 2009en
local.conference.placeHong Kongen
local.publisher.placeHong Kong, Chinaen
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.title.subtitleIts Role in Protecting the Rule of Law and Democracyen
local.contributor.lastnameVarayudejen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:svarayuden
local.profile.orcid0000-0002-7235-3118en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:6690en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleThe Constitutional Court of Thailanden
local.output.categorydescriptionE2 Non-Refereed Scholarly Conference Publicationen
local.relation.urlhttp://law.nus.edu.sg/asli/6th_asli_conf/index.htmlen
local.conference.detailsASLI 2009: 6th Asian Law Institute Conference: Dynamics of Change in Asia, Hong Kong, 29th - 30th May, 2009en
local.search.authorVarayudej, Sameen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.conference.venueUniversity of Hong Kongen
local.year.published2009en
local.date.start2009-05-29-
local.date.end2009-05-30-
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