Khongsatja Suwanpetch
Lecturer Dr.

Khongsatja Suwanpetch
Lecturer Dr.
Education
- The University of Edinburgh: PhD in Law (2020-2025)
- The University of Edinburgh: Master of Laws (LL.M.) (2016-2017)
- Thammasat university: Bachelors of laws (LL.B.) (2011-2014)The University of Edinburgh: PhD in Law (2020-2025)
- The University of Edinburgh: Master of Laws (LL.M.) (2016-2017)
Areas of Expertise
- Colonial Legal History
- Thai Legal History
- European Legal History
- Intellectual History
- Comparative Law
- Law and Religion
- Criminal Law
Courses Taught
- Civil Law System
- Thai Legal History
- General Principles of Criminal Law
- Taught Criminal Law Offences
- Advanced Criminal Law (Postgraduate)
- Civil Law System
- Thai Legal History
- General Principles of Criminal Law
Selected Publications
- Suwanapech K, Colonial Encounters: the Formation of Thai Legal Identity (PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh
- Suwanapech K (ed), ยุคสมัยอย่างใหม่ในพระราชพิธีสิบสองเดือน (Sense of Modernity in Royal Ceremonies of the Twelves Months) (Illumination Edition, 2024)
- Suwanapech K, ‘Book Review on Constitutional Bricolage: Thailand’s Sacred Monarchy vs. The Rule of Law by Eugénie Mérieau Bloomsbury Publishing’ (2022) 2(2) Thai Legal Studies.
- Suwanapech K and Plessis J. P, ‘Law and Identity: The Case of the Common Law Scotland with Comparative Insights from Thailand’ (2021) 1(1) Thai Legal Studies <https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tls/issue/view/16956/4250> accessed 18 December 2021.
- Suwanapech K, ‘Book Review on King Prasat Thong, Coup d’etat, Righteousness, Rituals and Art’ (2021) 18(1) The Journal of Thai Khadi Research Institute <https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/thaikhadijournal/issue/view/17033> accessed 18 December 2021.
- Suwanapech K, ‘History of the Initial Royal Command: Reflection on Legal and Political Contexts of Kingship and Modern State in Siam’ in Harding A and Pongsapan M (eds), Essays in Thai Legal History: From Traditional to Modern Law (CUP 2021).
Visiting Scholar
- Institute for Advanced Study in Asian Cultures and Theologies (IASACT)
Divinity School of Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
June – July 2023
- Selected participant in the IASACT summer programme.
- Conducted research on Asian cultures and theologies in a transnational academic setting.
- Engaged in interdisciplinary dialogue with scholars from across Asia.
- Received research fellowship funding to support writing and collaboration.
- Presented a paper titled “Manifesting Righteous Rule of Law: A Charcoal sketch of Thai Legal Identity” at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory (Virtual) symposium “Legal Orders under Pressure: Non-western Experiences of Legal Transformations in the 19th and 20th Centuries.”
- Provided an introduction at the book launch for Thai Legal History: From Traditional to Modern Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford (virtual) (June, 2022)
- Delivered a presentation at the Council of Thai Studies at Ohio University on the topic of “In the Name of ‘the Greatest Benefit of Siamese People’: the Localization of Utilitarianism and Legal Change in Siamese Absolutist State” (2021)
- Delivered a presentation at the Chinese University of Hongkong’s 1st Asian Legal History Conference (Virtual) on the topic of “In the Name of ‘the Greatest Benefit of Siamese People’: the Localization of Utilitarianism and Legal Change in Siamese Absolutist State” (2021)
- Organised a symposium on “Thai Criminal Justice in Action” with Prachatai News and the Faculty of Law at Thammasat University (2020)
- Delivered a presentation at a conference sponsored by Cambridge University Press and the Faculty of Law at Thammasat University on “Essays in Thai Legal History: From Traditional to Modern Law” (2019)
- Led a session a book launch for the “Civil law System by Munin Pongsapan” at the Thammasat University Faculty of Law (2019)
- Assisted research for the Ministry of Justice and Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law on “the Protection of All Persons from Torture and Enforced Disappearance Bill” (2018)
- Organised a colloquium at the Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law on “Asian Constitutional Forum” sponsored by National University of Singapore (2018)
- Organised a colloquium at Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law on the “The 111th Year of the Modern Penal Codes in Siam/Thailand” (2018)




