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Worachet Pakeerut ( th, วรเจตน์ ภาคีรัตน์, , ; born 8 August 1969) is a Thai legal scholar specialising in constitutional and administrative law and a professor at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University.


Education

Worachet was born in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, where his father was a railway station master. He completed high school at the prestigious
Triam Udom Suksa School Triam Udom Suksa School ( th, โรงเรียนเตรียมอุดมศึกษา, ; lit.'university-preparatory school') is a state school in central Bangkok, Thailand. It admits upper-secondary students (''mathayom'' 4–6 ...
in Bangkok before studying law at Thammasat University from which he graduated with an
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. In 1988, he served as deputy president of his university's
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. The Thai Bar Association admitted him to the bar in 1992. He continued his studies at the University of Göttingen in Germany, completing the Magister Juris programme in 1994 with a thesis about the '' clausula rebus sic stantibus'' in administrative contract law. He started teaching as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, but returned to Göttingen to complete his doctoral studies. Worachet was conferred a Doctor of Laws title in 1999. His thesis about the development of legal doctrine of the "administrative law contract" ''(verwaltungsrechtlicher Vertrag)'' was graded ''
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''. Once again, he returned to Bangkok to be appointed associate professor at the Thammasat University.


Career

Worachet published a number of textbooks about administrative and constitutional law. Since September 2010, he has made public appearances as the most prominent spokesman of the ''Nitirat'' (; literally "Law for the People") group—also known as "Enlightened Jurists"—an association of law lecturers who campaign for constitutional reform and a change of Thailand's lèse majesté law (article 112 of the Thai criminal code), proposing to reduce the maximum penalty of currently 15 years, limiting the right to press charges to the office of the king's private secretary (instead of everyone) and excluding constructive criticism from the offence's definition. In late-February 2012, Worachet was assaulted by two men on the parking lot of Thammasat University's downtown campus, who later declared they disagreed with his campaign for a change of article 112. Worachet and his group have repeatedly criticised Thailand's Constitutional Court, accusing it of political interventions and exceeding its authority. They have even demanded the replacement of the tribunal completely. After the Thai coup d'état of 22 May 2014, Worachet was summoned to report to the military junta National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), but failed to do so within allotted time, as he was abroad. Upon his return to Thailand, he was taken into custody for defying the junta's orders, but released on bail on the same day. In July 2014, the Thammasat University council promoted Worachet from associate professor to a full professorship. His promotion to the professorship was endorsed by the Civil Service Commission on 27 October 2016 and received the royal assent from King Rama X on 5 April 2017, with retroactive effect as from 12 June 2013. The proclamation on his promotion was countersigned by NCPO deputy leader Air Chief Marshal
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. Worachet is a member of the supervisory board of the German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG).


Works

* ''Prawattisat Khwamkhit Nitipratya'' (''The History of Legal Philosophy'')


Academic rank

* 2013: Professor of public law,
Thammasat University Thammasat University (Abbreviation, Abrv: TU th, มธ.; th, มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, , ) is a public research university in Thailand with campuses in Tha Phra Chan area of Phra Nakhon District near the ...


References


External links


Worachet Pakeerut's page
at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University website (English)
Website of the ''Nitirat'' group
(Thai) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pakeerut, Worachet
Worachet Pakeerut Worachet Pakeerut ( th, วรเจตน์ ภาคีรัตน์, , ; born 8 August 1969) is a Thai legal scholar specialising in constitutional law, constitutional and administrative law and a professor at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat U ...
University of Göttingen alumni
Worachet Pakeerut Worachet Pakeerut ( th, วรเจตน์ ภาคีรัตน์, , ; born 8 August 1969) is a Thai legal scholar specialising in constitutional law, constitutional and administrative law and a professor at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat U ...
Scholars of administrative law Scholars of constitutional law Legal educators
Worachet Pakeerut Worachet Pakeerut ( th, วรเจตน์ ภาคีรัตน์, , ; born 8 August 1969) is a Thai legal scholar specialising in constitutional law, constitutional and administrative law and a professor at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat U ...
Living people 1969 births