The Development of a Model to Help the People in the Environment of the Lawyer Council Under the Royal Patronage in the Future

Abstract

The objective of this research is to a Model to help the people in the environment of the lawyer council under the royal patronage of Thailand in the Future, using EDFR (Ethnographic Delphi Futures Research) Technique. Environmental law and 24 environmental cases by defining experts into 3 groups: 1. Executives and government officials involved in environmental law measures and the lawyer’s council under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King; 2. Environmental case officers of the Administrative Court. Executives of the Court of Justice (Environmental Litigation Division) volunteer lawyer of the lawyer’s council of lawyers under the Royal Patronage in environmental cases and. 3. Knowledge, competence and experience in mediating disputes related to environmental cases and stakeholders in environmental cases. The tools used to collect data were interviews to determine the frequency and questionnaires to find trends big possibility and there is a coherence of ideas between experts let's summarize and write a picture of the future. The format was reviewed using an expert-based seminar method (Connoisseurship) from stakeholders who can push and promote the implementation of the policy of 15 people to verify and certify research results. And consider the appropriateness of the research findings to take advantage of the future picture, which will lead to a consensus. The instrument in this research was an interview which was created according to the research process by using EDFR technique. Data were collected in 2 rounds: Round 1 was a semi-structured interview and Round 2 was a closed-ended questionnaire with an approximate scale of 5. Levels were analyzed for frequency, median, norm, difference between base and median. And the interquartile range.

The results showed that the lawyer’s council's environmental public assistance model under the royal patronage of Thailand in the future were as follows:

1. A study of the development of expert opinions in the study of the model of environmental assistance of the lawyer’s council under the royal patronage of Thailand. This is by studying the concepts, theories and related research and study from helping people with legal rights and the welfare of the people in the environment as well as the environmental laws of Thailand.
2. Developing an appropriate form of environmental assistance of the lawyer’s council of Thailand in the future is to publicize and educate about relevant laws including environmental management for the people. The Lawyers Council will create a mediation process to reduce conflicts and find a resolution. However, when there are environmental cases, there will be oversight by the three courts, namely the Court of Justice, the Administrative Court and the Environment Court to create equality in a sustainable society.
3. Appropriate assessment and recommendations for the development of environmental public assistance model of the lawyer’s council under the royal patronage of Thailand. The model was examined by means of discussion, discussion, group discussion as a seminar based on experts. Connoisseurship of 15 subjects with guidelines confirmed consistent with the results of the foregoing preliminary studies, with consensus and affirming that the model was a suitable model put into practice.