Poonthep Sirinupong
Assistant Professor Dr.

Poonthep Sirinupong
Assistant Professor Dr.
Education
2022 Dr. jur. (summa cum laude), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
Doctoral Thesis: “Same Same But Different: Grundgesetzimport und Verfassungsmutation in Thailand” (awarded the Harry Westermann Prize by the University of Münster)
2020 Certificate in the History of German Law, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
2015 LL.M. (summa cum laude), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
2015 Master of Laws (Public Law), Thammasat University, Thailand
Thesis: “The Royal Power to Veto Legislative Bills”
2009 Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), Thammasat University, Thailand
Work Experience
2010 – Present Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
Courses Taught: Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Thai Legal History, History of Public Law
2009 – 2010 Intern, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Asia Pacific Regional Programme
2008 Summer Clerk, Clifford Chance (April–May)
Publications
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH
Research Report (October 2023):
René Guyon’s Draft Constitution, submitted to the Research Promotion Committee, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University.
Book Chapter (2018):
“Constitution-Making in the 21st Century: Procedural Legitimacy and the Right to Participation”, in Democracy, Constitution and Human Rights: Festschrift in Honour of Warawit Kanithasen, pp. 110–133.
Research Report (July 2017):
“Right to Protect the Constitution” in Thai Constitutional Law: Mutation of Imported Constitutional Concepts?, submitted to the Research Promotion Committee, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University.
Journal Article (June 2017):
“(Un)Necessity of Natural Law in a ‘Democratic Constitutional State’?”, Thammasat Law Journal, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 433–461.
Research Report (June 2016):
Electoral Law of the Federal Republic of Germany, submitted to the Research Promotion Committee, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University.
Research Report (November 2012):
Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments, submitted to the Research Promotion Committee, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University.