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Rule of Law on Trial Posted
January 18,2005: "Rule
of Law on Trial" was literally the headline of the
Bangkok Post as I arrived in Thailand on January 15.
Angry over what many see as increasingly dictatorial
behavior of the Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra ,
crowds estimated at 8,000 -10,000 strong surged toward
the Government House compound on Friday evening January
13th demanding that Thaksin resign. By 9:00 am Saturday,
40 protesters had been arrested for instigating civil
disobedience, while hundreds of others peacefully
dispersed, and the headlines stated "Demonstrators
can’t be sued if no force used" and
"Protesters have right to peaceful assembly."
My mission in Bangkok is to teach Thai lawyers and
others about the American legal system and our
democratic traditions, and it seemed I couldn’t have
found more fertile ground for the lessons on popular
sovereignty and collective action that form the
historical frame for the course. And with our own
democracy threatened by an overreaching executive,
perhaps there were lessons Thailand could teach us as
well.
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