Constitutional Bricolage: Thailand’s Sacred Monarchy vs. The Rule of Law
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With the ongoing political turmoil and pluralism in Thailand, its constitutions have been systematically subjected to debates and reviews from a legal perspective. This article also discusses the phenomena in the Legal Philosophy lens, through reviewing Constitutional Bricolage: Thailand’s Sacred Monarchy vs. The Rule of Law by Eugénie Mérieau. It also analyzes the service of Constitutional Bricolage to Comparative Law coupling Legal Transplants and general perception regarding Legal Positivism and Legal Positivism in Thailand. Ultimately, this article sheds a new light regarding Legal Philosophy and legal study beyond traditional “juristic” thinking.
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การมองอธิบายว่าภูมิภาคเอเชียมีวัฒนธรรมแบบลัทธิขงจื้อ (Confucianism) หรือมีองค์ประกอบที่เป็น “คุณค่าแบบเอเชีย” (Asian Values) ที่เน้นความเป็นอันหนึ่งอันเดียวกันของสังคม (communitarianism) ที่ต่างจากรัฐธรรมนูญนิยมแบบตะวันตก ทำให้เป็นรัฐธรรมนูญนิยมแบบไม่เสรี (illiberal constitutionalism), see Thio Li-ann, ‘Rule of law within a non-liberal ‘communitarian’ democracy: the Singapore experience’ in Rendall Peerenboom (ed.), Asian Discourses of Rule of Law: Theories and implementation of rule of law in twelve Asian counties (Routledge 2004); and Wen-Chen et al., Constitutionalism in Asia: Cases and Materials (Hart 2014).
See Björn Dressel, ‘Judicialization of Politics or Politicization of the Judiciary?’ Considerations from Recent Events in Thailand’ (2010) 23(5) The Pacific Review 671.
See Ran Hirschl, Towards Juristocracy: The Origins and Consequences of the New Constitutionalism (Harvard University Press 2007).
See Alec Stone Sweet, ‘The Juridical Coup D’État and the Problem of Authority’ (2007) 8 The German Law Journal 915.
Eugénie Mérieau, Constitutional Bricolage: Thailand’s Sacred Monarchy vs. The Rule of Law (Hart Publishing 2022).
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