Banjerd Singkaneti ( th, บรรเจิด สิงคะเนติ; ) (born, 11 February 1964) is a Thai legal scholar, a lecturer of law at Thammasat University and a noted critic of

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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Education and early career

Banjerd completed an LL.B. at Bangkok's

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. He received an LL.M. in

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from Thammasat University, followed by a Magister Legum (LL.M.) Doktors der Rechte (Dr.jur.) from

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. He returned to Thailand after completing his doctorate and now teaches

administrative law Administrative law is the division of law that governs the activities of government agency, executive branch agencies of Forms of government, government. Administrative law concerns executive branch rule making (executive branch rules are gener ...

and

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at Thammasat University.

Criticism of Thaksin Shinawatra

Banjerd was a leader of the

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, a group active in 2006 which attempted to bring down the government of

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Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, a ...

. He famously criticized Thaksin as being even worse than

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dictator

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. The Embassy of Israel protested in a letter to the

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, the English-language newspaper which published Banjerd's statement.

Assect Examination Committee

After a military coup overthrew the government of Thaksin in a coup, the junta appointed Banjerd to the Asset Exemination Committee to investigate allegations of corruption against Thaksin. He was also appointed to the Constitution Drafting Committee prepare a new constitution. During the drafting process, Banjerd said in an interview:

I personally believe in social structure and administration through traditions and customs that we once had in small communities. It’s more real than western-style democracy because people rule by themselves. I firmly believe that we really need to look back into our village life.Bangkok Post

26 February 2007

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Banjerd Singkaneti Banjerd Singkaneti ( th, บรรเจิด สิงคะเนติ; ) (born, 11 February 1964) is a Thai legal scholar, a lecturer of law at Thammasat University and a noted critic of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Education and ...

Ruhr University Bochum alumni

Scholars of administrative law Scholars of constitutional law 1964 births