LEGAL RIGHT AND DUTY AS AN ADMINISTRATOR AND A PERSON ARRANGING FOR THE FUNERAL OF A BUDDHIST MONK

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the legal problems, study the conceptual thoughts in relation to inheritance and to study laws concerned with inheritance of the passed away monks and the comparison of inheritance laws of foreign countries with the Laws of Thailand. This research is a Qualitative Research which was analyzed data from the relevant documents and the on-line or electronic matter as well as in-depth interviews to Buddhist monks and laymen by purposive sampling, together with questionnaire, participant observation analysis, synthesis and compare by the descriptive and content analysis method which lead to the new knowledge.

As from the research, it is found that the problems occur because the rules of the Civil and Commercial Code, article 1623 is not clear concerning the person who has been authorized to arrange the assets and funeral of the passed away monk. Moreover, it is found that it should have to amend the law comply with the conceptual thought of inheritance which is inherited both assets and responsibility and other measures included with the new law. It means to educate legal knowledge especially the Law of Succession to all levels of the authoritative monk, especially the abbots of all monastery in the Kingdom of Thailand, for example, the legal training and legal seminar, etc.