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European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance Vol.1, No.1, Summer 2011 Editorial Henning Glaser Principles of Fiscal and Levels of the Rule of Law: On Monetary Legislation: the Possibility of Exporting a A Preliminary Perspective Western Achievement Prachoom Chomchai Dieter Grimm "Property Entails Looking Back Before the Obligations": Land and Election of 2011: Thailand's Property Law in Germany Constitutional Referendum Fabian Thiel the Election of 2007 Michael H. Nelson Freedom of Expression in the German Basic Law Proceeding Principles and Gunnar Pohl Guarantees in the Law of the European Union Bartosz Makowicz European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance EAJLG Editor in Chief Henning Glaser Thammasat University Editorial Board Moritz Bälz Michael Nelson Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University CPG, Frankfurt am Main Thammasat University Siegfried Broß Safri Nugraha Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg Universitas Inodnesia Björn Dressel Worachet Pakeerut Australian National University Thammasat University Robert Esser Kittisak Prokati Passau University Thammasat Univerisity Tom Ginsburg Mark R. Thompson University of Chicago City University of Hong Kong Chien-Liang Lee Seog-Yun Song National Taiwan University Seoul National University Peter Leyland Yueh-Sheng Weng London Metropolitan University National Taiwan University Duc Quang Ly Rainer Wernsmann Thammasat University Passau University Bartosz Makowicz Miroslaw Wyrzykowski European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder Warsaw University Ulrike Müßig Libin Xie China University of Political Passau University Science and Law, Beijing Patrick Ziegenhain Trier University European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance EAJLG The European-Asian Journal for Law and Governance (EAJLG) is an internet based print media providing a forum for discussions about public law, governance and politics in order to contribute to the European-Asian inter- and intra-regional discourse of academics and professionals. The European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance is published quarterly. Contributions are welcome and accepted for consideration provided they are not submitted elsewhere or previously published. Explorative articles submitted to the European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance are peer-reviewed. Contributions should be sent via e-mail attachment to [email protected]. For further information on submission details please visit our website at www.eajlg.org. A final and moderate purchase price for the print version will be determined after an initial period in which the journal shall be provided for free. Correspondence and queries should be addressed to: Editors European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence For Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG) Faculty of Law, Thammasat University 2 Prachan Road Bangkok 10200, Thailand Telephone: 66 2 613 2971 Fax: 66 2 613 2971 Email: [email protected] Website: www.eajlg.org © Copyright 2011 by CPG – German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance All rights reserved European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance EAJLG Table of Contents Editorial Henning Glaser ..............................................................................................................1-4 Special Article Levels of the Rule of Law: On the Possibility of Exporting a Western Achievement Dieter Grimm ................................................................................................................5-12 Essays Principles of Fiscal and Monetary Legislation: A Preliminary Perspective Prachoom Chomchai ..................................................................................................13-48 Looking Back Before the Election of 2011: Thailand's Constitutional Referendum the Election of 2007 Michael H. Nelson .......................................................................................................49-74 "Property Entails Obligations": Land and Property Law in Germany Fabian Thiel .................................................................................................................75-89 Articles Proceeding Principles and Guarantees in the Law of the European Union Bartosz Makowicz .......................................................................................................90-98 Freedom of Expression in the German Basic Law Gunnar Pohl ................................................................................................................99-109 European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance EAJLG Table of Contents Cases and Case Notes Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Thailand: Ruling No.12-13/2551 Translation provided by: German Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG ) ......................................................................110-122 Remarks on Ruling of the Thai Constitutional Court No. 12-13/2551: "Cookery Show" Kittisak Prokati..........................................................................................................123-132 Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Thailand: Ruling No.15/2553 Translation provided by: German Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG ) ......................................................................133-164 Portrait The Advocate and Practitioner of the Idea of Guardian of the Constitution („HÜTER DER VERFASSUNG“): Prof.Yueh-Sheng Weng’s Contributions to the Development of Democratic Constitutionalism in Taiwan Chien-Liang Lee.........................................................................................................165-173 Editorial Henning Glaser elcome to the first issue of the European – Asian Journal of Law and Governance.1 The European - Asian Journal of Law and Governance W (EAJLG) is an initiative of the German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG) at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University (Bangkok) and leading academics and practitioners from all over the world. It is addressed to all those involved in the exchange of knowledge in law and governance in both Asia and the West. This editorial may be embraced as an opportunity to explore some ideas that have provided the impetus for launching such an interregional and interdisciplinary journal. So far, at least four related themes define the scope of our interest for extended examination in forthcoming issues. They are: firstly, a significant interest in how governance in Asia and Europe has evolved over time (overcoming a Kelsenian methodological dichotomy of ‘is and ought’2). We feel that governance structures derive from a wide range of sources, namely law, anthropology, the social sciences and history among them, which each maintain and contribute to systems of governance. Thus, in this journal we seek to engage those immersed in the consolidation and practice of governance, private, state and institutional actors among them. The material provided by this Journal thus reflects upon all means of governance as they relate to paradigms of a political nature. In doing so, we aim to achieve a better understanding of the normative and empirical frames that both law – its practical and theoretical capacity - operates in and with. Therefore all contributions concerning aspects of the political order in Asia and the West are welcome. A contribution to the first theme in this issue is the timely essay of Michael Nelson, “Looking Back before the Election of 2011: Thailand’s Constitutional Referendum and the Election of 2007” coming directly before the 2011 July election in Thailand. Following this election, a next chapter in the ongoing struggle for dominance is expected to emerge: not only between two competing political blocs, but between two different concepts of governance in the Kingdom. Even if the vast majority in academia and bureaucracy considered the military led 2006 coup as a ‘good coup’ having been necessary to end a regime they found increasingly authoritarian and challenging the 1 The journal is published in English as an internet based print media issued every three months. A final and moderate purchase price for the print version will be determined after an initial period in which the journal shall be provided for free. The internet version is and will remain an open access medium with a slightly different content. While in the first issue two essays are peer reviewed a peer review will be conducted with the second issue for all academically explorative essays and articles. Peer reviewed contributions will be marked as such. For details for submission, differences between print and internet version and contribution conditions please visit our webpage at www.eajlg.org. 2 See Hans Kelsen, Reine Rechtslehre (1934). fundamental understanding of good governance in the country, the first election after the 2006 coup d´état, the following verdict of the Constitutional Tribunal3 on the dissolution of the TRT Party of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra including the imposition of a five year ban on 111 TRT party executives from participating in politics on 30 May 2007, and the constitutional referendum on 19 August 2007 were not leading to consolidation but to a deepening split of the society which continued after the election in December 2007 giving an overwhelming victory to the Thaksin-aligned PPP. After the first PPP government under Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej was ended on 19 September 2007 by the Constitutional Court ruling
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