Thai legal history: from traditional to modern law

This is the first book to provide a broad coverage of Thai legal history in the English language. It deals with pre-modern law, the civil law reforms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the constitutional developments post-1932. It reveals outstanding scholarship by both Thai and internat...

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Weitere Verfasser: Harding, Andrew 1950- (HerausgeberIn), Pongsapan, Munin (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021
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Zusammenfassung:This is the first book to provide a broad coverage of Thai legal history in the English language. It deals with pre-modern law, the civil law reforms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the constitutional developments post-1932. It reveals outstanding scholarship by both Thai and international scholars, and will be of interest to anyone interested in Thailand and its history, providing an indispensable introduction to Thai law and the legal system. The civil law reforms are a notable focus of the book, which provides material of interest to comparative lawyers, especially those interested in the diffusion of the civil law
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Introduction, by Andrew Harding -- Thammasat, custom, and royal authority in Siam's legal history by Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit -- The history of the initial royal command : a reflection on the legal and political contexts of kingship and the modern State in Siam, by Kongsatja Suwanapech -- Buddhist influence on the ancient Siamese Legal System, from Ayutthaya to the 21st Century, by Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang -- A history of the Thai Lèse-Majesté Law, by Eugénie Mérieau -- Blood curse and belonging in Thailand : law, Buddhism and legal consciousness, by David M. Engel -- British judges in the Supreme Court of Siam, by Surutchada Reekie and Adam Reekie -- The fundamental misconception in the drafting of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code of 1925, by Munin Pongsapan -- The modernisation of Thai Criminal Law : From the 1908 Penal Code to the 1956 Criminal Code, by Kanaphon Chanhom -- Thai Trust Law : a legal import rooted in pragmatism, by Surutchada Reekie and Narun Popattanachai -- The history of Thai family laws : strong women and weak gender equality under the law, by Apinop Atipiboonsin -- The origins of Thailand's bureaucratic state and the consolidation of administrative justice, by Peter Leyland -- Siam and the standard of civilisation in the nineteenth century, by Krisdakorn Wongwuthikun and Naporn Popattanacha -- The Thai-style democracy in in post-1932 Thailand and its challenges : a quest for nirvana of constitutional Saṃsāra in Thai legal history before 1997, by Rawin Leelapatana -- Permutations of the basic structure : Thai constitutionalism and the democratic regime with the king as head, by Henning Glaser -- The 1991-2 judicial crisis : personalities or principles?, by Duncan McCargo -- Without account : coups, amnesties and justice in Thailand, by Tyrell Haberkorn
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 293 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108914369
DOI:10.1017/9781108914369

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