Lasse Schuldt
Assistant Professor Dr.

Lasse Schuldt
Assistant Professor Dr.
Education
- Faculty of Law, Humboldt University Berlin (First State Examination)
- Exchange: Faculty of Law, University of Paris 1 Panthéon–Sorbonne
- Second State Examination (Berlin–Brandenburg)
- Doctoral degree (Dr. iur.): Faculty of Law, Humboldt University Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Comparative law and legal transplants
- Administrative law
- Corporate and business crime
- International criminal law
- Fake news legislation
Courses Taught
- Constitutional and administrative law
- Business crime
- Business compliance
- International criminal law
- Research methodology
- Legal communication skills
- German law
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles:
- Lasse Schuldt, Layered Localization of International Human Rights Law: Signaling and Contestation in the Context of Thailand, 23 Journal of Human Rights (2024) 404-419, https://doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2024.2380705
- Lasse Schuldt, Driving Irritation: Thailand’s Supreme Court and the English Roots of Corporate Criminal Liability, 19 Asian Journal of Comparative Law (2024) 142-158, https://doi.org/10.1017/asjcl.2023.29
- Lasse Schuldt and Pudit Ovattananavakhun, Thailand’s Law on Criminal Online Falsehoods: A Critical Discussion, 1 Thai Legal Studies (2021) 150-172, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.246244
- Lasse Schuldt, Official Truths in A War on Fake News: Governmental Fact-Checking in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, 40 Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs (2021) 340-371, https://doi.org/10.1177/18681034211008908
- Lasse Schuldt, Publishing Secrets: A Case Study on the Balancing of Press Freedom and Public Interests in European Human Rights Jurisprudence, 48 Thammasat Law Journal (2019) 760-789, https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tulawjournal/article/view/184411/167299/
- Lasse Schuldt, E-Justice in Germany: Current Developments and Future Challenges for Court Procedures, 47 Thammasat Law Journal (2018) 1019-1051, https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tulawjournal/article/view/161194/167312
- Lasse Schuldt, Mixed Signals of Europeanization: Revisiting the NPD Decision in Light of the European Court of Human Rights’ Jurisprudence, 19 German Law Journal (2018) 817-844, https://doi.org/10.1017/S2071832200022884
- Lasse Schuldt, Southeast Asian Hesitation: ASEAN Countries and the International Criminal Court, 16 German Law Journal (2015) 75-104, https://doi.org/10.1017/S207183220001943X
Other articles:
- Lasse Schuldt and Supakorn Wilartratsami, Environmental Cases at the Supreme Administrative Court 2021–24, 5 Thai Legal Studies (2025) 75-103, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.282333.
- Lasse Schuldt, Review of Ronnakorn Bunmee: Thai Criminal Law, 4 Thai Legal Studies (2024) 255-259, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.277989
- Lasse Schuldt and Supakorn Wilartratsami, The Jurisprudence of the Supreme Administrative Court 2021, 2 Thai Legal Studies (2022) 138-158, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.260428.
- Lasse Schuldt and Pimtawan Nidhi-u-tai, The Supreme Court Jurisprudence on Corporate Criminal Liability 2010-2020, 1 Thai Legal Studies (2021) 173-181, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.250344.
- Lasse Schuldt, The German Rechtsstaat in Exceptional Times: Democracy, Federalism and Rights During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Rapee Journal 2020, Thammasat University, 121-137
- Constantin Frank-Fahle and Lasse Schuldt, Geschäftspartner-Compliance und Korruptionsprävention im internationalen Anlagenbau: Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen, Auswirkungen von Compliance-Verstößen und Schutzmaßnahmen [Third party compliance and bribery prevention in international construction projects: Legal frameworks, consequences of compliance breaches and protective measures], 42 Zeitschrift für deutsches und internationales Bau- und Vergaberecht [Journal of German and International Construction and Procurement Law] (2018) 419-431
- Lasse Schuldt, Searching for the Leak: Press Freedom vs. Criminal Prosecution in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, CPG Online Magazine, Vol. 6/2017, 24-41, http://www.cpg-online.de/2017/12/23/searching-for-the-leak-press-freedom-vs-criminal-prosecution-in-the-jurisprudence-of-the-european-court-of-human-rights/
- Lasse Schuldt, May Political Parties Be Hostile to the Constitution? – The NPD decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court put into context, Rapee Journal 2017, Thammasat University, 114-139
- Lasse Schuldt, Decision Review: German Federal Court of Justice Approves Conviction of Ex-Auschwitz Officer, CPG Online Magazine, Vol. 6/2016, 28-35, https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5911244
- Lasse Schuldt, Constitutional Court Decision Review: Balancing Religious Freedom and State Neutrality, CPG Online Magazine, Vol. 3/2015, 51-63, https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5909623
Book chapters:
- Lasse Schuldt, Echoes Of Veracity: Localising the War on Fake News in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, in Ngoc Son Bui and Munin Pongsapan (eds), Comparative Law in Asia: Essays in Honour of Andrew Harding, Hart Publishing 2025 (ISBN: 9781509986545) 167–184
- Lasse Schuldt, Shaping the Fake News Discourse: Laws, Electoral Arenas and the Emergence of Truth as a Public Interest, in James Gomez and Robin Ramcharan, Fake News and Elections in Southeast Asia, Impact on Democracy and Human Rights, Routledge 2022, 16-44, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003342915
- Lasse Schuldt, Contested Words – On the Legality of Governmental Statements Against Political Parties. Reflections on Recent Developments in German Constitutional Jurisprudence, in Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, 65 Years Boonsri Meewongukote, Bangkok 2020, 262-300, https://ssrn.com/abstract=5911162
Book:
- Lasse Schuldt, Geheimnisverrat. Die Beteiligung von Journalisten an der Verletzung von Dienstgeheimnissen” [The Criminal Liability of Journalists Regarding the Disclosure of State Secrets] (Doctoral Thesis), Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2011, https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-53575-0
Articles in law blogs:
- Lasse Schuldt, New Constitution, Anyone? A Referendum Exposes Thailand’s Anti-Popular Constitutionalism, VerfBlog, 2026/1/30, https://dx.doi.org/10.59704/19c67b648b6727e2
- Lasse Schuldt, The Price of Getting Duterte: How Politicization Provokes
Rejection in Southeast Asia, VerfBlog, 2025/03/26,
https://dx.doi.org/10.59704/29468fa8e8e61805 - Lasse Schuldt, Every Fake You Make: Blanket Deepfake Bans Are the Next Level in Asia’s War on Fake News, VerfBlog, 2024/10/09, https://dx.doi.org/10.59704/d01a5685d920b50f
- Lasse Schuldt, In Singapore’s war on fake news, the Constitution is not an obstacle, VerfBlog, 2021/11/16, https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20211116-201823-0
- Lasse Schuldt, The rebirth of Malaysia’s fake news law – and what the NetzDG has to do with it, VerfBlog, 2021/4/13, https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210413-174557-0
- Lasse Schuldt, No More Need for Doublespeak. On Myanmar and the Evolution of Non-Interference in ASEAN, VerfBlog, 2021/3/19, https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210320-031347-0
- Lasse Schuldt, The Conviction of Maria Ressa and the Unequal Enforcement of the Truth, VerfBlog, 2020/6/22, https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200623-003927-0
- Lasse Schuldt, Abstract panic: On fake news, fear and freedom in Southeast Asia, VerfBlog, 2020/4/14, https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200415-032701-0
- Lasse Schuldt, Truth vs. Free Speech. How Southeast Asia’s war on fake news unfolds, VerfBlog 2019/12/7, https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20191207-180453-0
- Lasse Schuldt, Hello – and Goodbye! How Royal Powerplay aborted Malaysia’s ICC Membership, VerfBlog 2019/5/12, https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20190517-143926-0
- Lasse Schuldt, A Ministry of Truth in Singapore? Reflections on the Anti-Fake News Bill, VerfBlog, 2019/4/20, https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20190517-144155-0
- Lasse Schuldt, A Look behind the Fake News Laws of Southeast Asia, VerfBlog, 2018/12/16, https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20190211-224332-0
- Lasse Schuldt, Bye bye, ICC! The Philippines’ farewell put into perspective, VerfBlog, 2018/3/15, https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20180315-084345



