ความสงบเรียบร้อยหรือสิทธิเสรีภาพ : การปฏิบัติหน้าที่ของเจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจเกี่ยวกับการชุมนุมสาธารณะ ภายใต้บทบัญญัติรัฐธรรมนูญ / อภิญญาณ์ วรนันตกุล = Order or freedom : performance of duty by policy officials in relation to public assembly under the provisions of the Thai constitution / Apinya Vouranantakul
The thesis hypothesized that institutional factors, namely, government policy, the National Police's policy, police code of ethics and superiors’ orders exerted more influence on Thai police officials' behavior เท the conduct of their duties at public assemblies than the provisions of the current 1997 Thai Constitution on rights and freedoms. In other words, the question asked was, between order and freedom, which had more influence on police officials in the conduct of their duties at public assemblies. The study found that rights and freedoms of the people were those which were recognized by and given protection in the constitution, whereas the keeping of the peace was what police officials were duty bound to do by law. In the vast majority of cases, police officials conducting their duties at public assemblies would mainly follow superiors’ orders. Such orders followed National Police’s policy which in turn followed government policy. All three accorded the greatest importance to law and order. Law and order thus constituted the important constraint on police conduct at public assemblies. It can thus be concluded that institutional factors, namely government policy, National Police’s policy and superiors’ order exerted more influnce on the behavior of police officials conducting duties at public assemblies than did the constitutional provisions on rights and freedoms.
