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• Law-making and the Three Seals Code
• Introduction to the Thammasat
• Introduction to the Palace Law
• Glossary
• Publication history.

Cambodia's Second Kingdom is an exploration of the role of nationalist imaginings, discourses, and narratives in Cambodia since the 1993 reintroduction of a multiparty democratic system. Competing nationalistic imaginings are shown to be a more prominent part of party political contestation in the Kingdom of Cambodia than typically believed. For political parties, nationalistic imaginings became the basis for strategies to attract popular support, electoral victories, and moral legitimacy. Astrid Noren-Nilsson uses uncommon sources, such as interviews with key contemporary political actors, to analyze Cambodia's postconflict reconstruction politics. This book exposes how nationalist imaginings, typically understood to be associated with political opposition, have been central to the reworking of political identities and legitimacy bids across the political spectrum. Noren-Nilsson examines the entanglement of notions of democracy and national identity and traces out a tension between domestic elite imaginings and the liberal democratic framework in which they operate.
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• 1. Introduction: Is Thailand a Constitutional Monarchy? I. The Purpose and General Argument of the Book: Why the Thai Constitution Matters II. The Issue of Royal Prerogatives in a Constitutional Monarchy: Text, Conventions and Doctrines III. Sacred Monarchy vs. the Rule of Law: The Interplay of Law and Religion Mediated through Kingship IV. Constitutional Bricolage: The Indeterminacy of Legal Transplants and their Political Re-assignments V. Outline of the Chapters
• PART I IMPORTING THE MODERN CONSTITUTION 2. Siam's First Constitutions: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Monarchy I. The Hindu-Khmer Origins of the Traditional Constitution II. The 1889, 1926 and 1932 Draft Constitutions: The Bonapartist and British Tropes III. The 1932 Constitutions: The Soviet/Chinese and Prussian/Japanese Influences 3. Legal Positivism and Buddhist Kingship: Establishing the King as the Source of the Constitution I. Hindu-Buddhist Theories: The Devaraja and Dharmaraja Kings II. The European Influence: Importing Doctrines of Royal Absolutism III. From the European Doctrine of 'Royal Octroy' to the King's Granted Rattathammanun 4. From the Sacred Monarchy to the Sacred Constitution I. Royal Despotism, Theocracy and Sacred Law II. Royal Reforms: The Westernisation of Law and Kingship III. Royal Vetoes and Amnesties versus the Sacred Constitution
• PART II IMPORTING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY 5. Thailand's Cold War Constitutions: Constitutions for the Military I. The 1947-1949 Constitutions: The Royalist Restoration and the Rejection of the British Model II. The 1959, 1968 and 1972 Constitutions: Military Dictatorship and the Gaullist Inspiration III. The 1974-1991 Constitutions: The US Influence on Military Dictatorship under Royal Command? 6. Revolutionary Legality and Buddhist Kingship: Theorising the King's Extra-Constitutional Powers in Times of Crisis I. From Kelsen's Revolutionary Legality to Thai-Style Democracy II. From Bagehot's Three Conventional Powers of the Monarch to the Invention of Thai Constitutional Customs III. Revolutionary Legality Revised: The Doctrine of Shared Sovereignty between the King, the Military and the People 7. From Military Dictatorship to Military Dictatorship under (Sacred) Royal Command I. The Monarchy against the Military: Practices of Royal Constitutional Veto II. The Monarchy on Top of the Military: Royally Sanctioned Military Coups and Amnesty Laws for Coup-Makers III. The Monarchy above the Military: Direct Royal Interventions against Military Juntas
• PART III IMPORTING CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE 8. Thailand's Post-Cold War Constitutions: Constitutions for the Judiciary I. The 1997 Constitution: The Transformative 'Global South' Constitution II. The 2007 Constitution: Juristocracy under US Inspiration? III. The 2017 Constitution: Juristocracy and Military Dictatorship under Royal Command 9. The Rule of Law and Buddhist Kingship: Turning the Constitutional Court into a Substitute King I. From the Rejection of the British Practice of the Royal Prerogative to the Creation of a Constitutional Court Ruling in the Name of the King II. From US-Style Judicial Activism to 'Judicialisation': Transferring the King's Extra-Constitutional Powers to the Constitutional Court III. From Global Discourses on the Rule of Law and Good Governance to the Doctrine of Dharmaraja Governance 10. From Judicialisation at the King's Request to Juristocracy under Royal Command I. Judicialisation at the King's Request: Practices of Direct and Indirect Royal Vetoes II. More Judicialisation at the King's Request: The Constitutional Court Defines 'DKHS' and its Customs III. Royal Constitutional Vetoes, Lese-Majeste and 'DKHS': The Affirmation of the Royal Prerogative 11. Conclusion: Democracy with the King as Head of State: The Bricolage of Thai Constitutional Identity I. Summary of the Book's Contribution: Bricolage as a Process and Method in Comparative Constitutional Law II. Taking Textual Provisions Seriously: On the Royal Prerogative and Constitutional Conventions III. Taking Local Doctrine Seriously: On the Power of Legal Ideas and the Use of Religion to Localise Legal Transplants IV. Taking Constitutional Practices Seriously: On Political Precedents and the Performativity of Constitutional Story-telling V. Epilogue: Thailand and the Possibility of Decentring Comparative Constitutional Law.
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This book analyses the unique constitutional system in operation in Thailand as a continuous process of bricolage between various Western constitutional models and Buddhist doctrines of Kingship. Reflecting on the category of 'constitutional monarchy' and its relationship with notions of the rule of law, it investigates the hybridised semi-authoritarian, semi-liberal monarchy that exists in Thailand. By studying constitutional texts and political practices in light of local legal doctrine, the book shows that the monarch's affirmation of extraordinary prerogative powers strongly rests on wider doctrinal claims about constitutionalism and the rule of law. This finding challenges commonly accepted assertions about Thailand, arguing that the King's political role is not the remnant of the 'unfinished' borrowing of Western constitutionalism, general disregard for the law, or cultural preference for 'charismatic authority', as generally thought. Drawing on materials and sources not previously available in English, this important work provides a comprehensive and critical account of the Thai 'mixed constitutional monarchy' from the late 19th century to the present day.
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• 1 Historical Analysis and Contemporary Iss ues in Thai Constitutionalism
• 2 The Na tional Assembly, Elections and the Political Proces
• 3 The Executive Branch of Government
• 4 Local Democracy, Southern Insurgency and Territorial Division of Power in Thailand
• 5 The Constitutional Court AND CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW 6 Administrative Justice
• 7 Human Rights
• 8 Conclusion: Reflections on the Thai Constitutional Landscape.
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This book assesses the attempt to establish a modern system of democratic government in Thailand against the background of Thai politics and culture. The fact that since 1932, when it became a constitutional monarchy, Thailand has had 18 constitutions speaks of an unstable political system which has seen rapid and repeated fluctuations between military rule and elected government. The main focus of this study is a critical discussion of the institutional frameworks which have been established under recent constitutions. Individual chapters deal with: Thai history and context, including the role of the monarchy and the military, and of constitutional drafting processes; parliament and elections; the executive branch of government, including the role of ministers, the civil service, of a contracting state and of anti-corruption initiatives; the structure and challenges of local government, including discussion of the southern insurgency; the Constitutional Court and constitutional enforcement; the constitutional role of administrative law and of the administrative courts; and, the constitutional protection of human rights, with freedom of speech as a particular case study.
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• 1 Historical Analysis and Contemporary Iss ues in Thai Constitutionalism
• 2 The Na tional Assembly, Elections and the Political Proces
• 3 The Executive Branch of Government
• 4 Local Democracy, Southern Insurgency and Territorial Division of Power in Thailand
• 5 The Constitutional Court AND CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW 6 Administrative Justice
• 7 Human Rights
• 8 Conclusion: Reflections on the Thai Constitutional Landscape.
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This book assesses the attempt to establish a modern system of democratic government in Thailand against the background of Thai politics and culture. The fact that since 1932, when it became a constitutional monarchy, Thailand has had 18 constitutions speaks of an unstable political system which has seen rapid and repeated fluctuations between military rule and elected government. The main focus of this study is a critical discussion of the institutional frameworks which have been established under recent constitutions. Individual chapters deal with: Thai history and context, including the role of the monarchy and the military, and of constitutional drafting processes; parliament and elections; the executive branch of government, including the role of ministers, the civil service, of a contracting state and of anti-corruption initiatives; the structure and challenges of local government, including discussion of the southern insurgency; the Constitutional Court and constitutional enforcement; the constitutional role of administrative law and of the administrative courts; and, the constitutional protection of human rights, with freedom of speech as a particular case study.
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• Human rights treaties and Thailand
• The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and Thailand
• The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and Thailand
• The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and Thailand
• The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and Thailand
• The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, Or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) and Thailand
• The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and Thailand
• The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and Thailand
• The International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED) and Thailand
• The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) and Thailand
• Orientations.

In this study titled The Core Human Rights Treaties and Thailand, Vitit Muntarbhorn examines the relationship between Thailand and the nine key human rights Conventions, known as the Core Human Rights Treaties, in addition to their Protocols. These agreements cover a range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural issues, in addition to the rights of specific groups. The study offers a mirror for reflection, testing the linkage between international standards and national implementation in a dynamic and challenging context.
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• Introduction
• General rules of civil law
• The law of obligations
• Contractual obligations
• Specific contracts
• Delictual obligations
• Quasi-contractual obligations
• The regulation of property
• Family law
• Law of inheritance.

Elements of Thai Civil Law is meant to serve as an introduction to the study of legal concepts and legal principles that apply to Thai civil law. It is designed to provide a concise and systematic overview of the norms regulating legal relationships between private persons in a clear and straightforward style that is understandable to readers unused to legal phraseology. Each chapter gives a detailed analysis of a particular area of Thai civil law as well as numerous examples of the main issues encountered in a legal practice. Subject coverage includes: the law of obligations, property law, family law and succession.
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• Preface Introduction: Legalism and Revival of Treason
• 1. Privileged Caste?
• 2. Bench and Throne
• 3. Challenges to the Judiciary
• 4. Against the Crown?
• 5. Computer Compassings
• 6. Against the State
• 7. Crimes of Thaksin
• 8. Courting Constitutionalism Conclusion: The Trouble Is Politics Notes Index.
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Fighting for Virtue investigates how Thailand's judges were tasked by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) in 2006 with helping to solve the country's intractable political problems-and what happened next. Across the last decade of Rama IX's rule, Duncan McCargo examines the world of Thai judges: how they were recruited, trained, and promoted, and how they were socialized into a conservative world view that emphasized the proximity between the judiciary and the monarchy. McCargo delves into three pivotal freedom of expression cases that illuminate Thai legal and cultural understandings of sedition and treason, before examining the ways in which accusations of disloyalty made against controversial former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra came to occupy a central place in the political life of a deeply polarized nation. The author navigates the highly contentious role of the Constitutional Court as a key player in overseeing and regulating Thailand's political order before concluding with reflections on the significance of the Bhumibol era of "judicialization" in Thailand. In the end, posits McCargo, under a new king, who appears far less reluctant to assert his own power and authority, the Thai courts may now assume somewhat less significance as a tool of the monarchical network.
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• Introduction: Legalism and the revival of treason
• Privileged caste?
• Bench and throne
• Challenges to the judiciary
• Against the crown?
• Computer compassings
• Against the state
• Crimes of Thaksin
• Courting constitutionalism
• Conclusion: The trouble is politics

Fighting for Virtue investigates how Thailand's judges were tasked by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) in 2006 with helping to solve the country's intractable political problems-and what happened next. Across the last decade of Rama IX's rule, Duncan McCargo examines the world of Thai judges: how they were recruited, trained, and promoted, and how they were socialized into a conservative world view that emphasized the proximity between the judiciary and the monarchy. McCargo delves into three pivotal freedom of expression cases that illuminate Thai legal and cultural understandings of sedition and treason, before examining the ways in which accusations of disloyalty made against controversial former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra came to occupy a central place in the political life of a deeply polarized nation. The author navigates the highly contentious role of the Constitutional Court as a key player in overseeing and regulating Thailand's political order before concluding with reflections on the significance of the Bhumibol era of "judicialization" in Thailand. In the end, posits McCargo, under a new king, who appears far less reluctant to assert his own power and authority, the Thai courts may now assume somewhat less significance as a tool of the monarchical network.
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• Preface Introduction: Legalism and Revival of Treason
• 1. Privileged Caste?
• 2. Bench and Throne
• 3. Challenges to the Judiciary
• 4. Against the Crown?
• 5. Computer Compassings
• 6. Against the State
• 7. Crimes of Thaksin
• 8. Courting Constitutionalism Conclusion: The Trouble Is Politics Notes Index.
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Fighting for Virtue investigates how Thailand's judges were tasked by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) in 2006 with helping to solve the country's intractable political problems-and what happened next. Across the last decade of Rama IX's rule, Duncan McCargo examines the world of Thai judges: how they were recruited, trained, and promoted, and how they were socialized into a conservative world view that emphasized the proximity between the judiciary and the monarchy. McCargo delves into three pivotal freedom of expression cases that illuminate Thai legal and cultural understandings of sedition and treason, before examining the ways in which accusations of disloyalty made against controversial former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra came to occupy a central place in the political life of a deeply polarized nation. The author navigates the highly contentious role of the Constitutional Court as a key player in overseeing and regulating Thailand's political order before concluding with reflections on the significance of the Bhumibol era of "judicialization" in Thailand. In the end, posits McCargo, under a new king, who appears far less reluctant to assert his own power and authority, the Thai courts may now assume somewhat less significance as a tool of the monarchical network.
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• Preface Introduction: Legalism and Revival of Treason
• 1. Privileged Caste?
• 2. Bench and Throne
• 3. Challenges to the Judiciary
• 4. Against the Crown?
• 5. Computer Compassings
• 6. Against the State
• 7. Crimes of Thaksin
• 8. Courting Constitutionalism Conclusion: The Trouble Is Politics Notes Index.
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Fighting for Virtue investigates how Thailand's judges were tasked by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) in 2006 with helping to solve the country's intractable political problems-and what happened next. Across the last decade of Rama IX's rule, Duncan McCargo examines the world of Thai judges: how they were recruited, trained, and promoted, and how they were socialized into a conservative world view that emphasized the proximity between the judiciary and the monarchy. McCargo delves into three pivotal freedom of expression cases that illuminate Thai legal and cultural understandings of sedition and treason, before examining the ways in which accusations of disloyalty made against controversial former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra came to occupy a central place in the political life of a deeply polarized nation. The author navigates the highly contentious role of the Constitutional Court as a key player in overseeing and regulating Thailand's political order before concluding with reflections on the significance of the Bhumibol era of "judicialization" in Thailand. In the end, posits McCargo, under a new king, who appears far less reluctant to assert his own power and authority, the Thai courts may now assume somewhat less significance as a tool of the monarchical network.
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• Basic concepts and principles of criminal law
• The function of criminal law in society
• Actus reus and mens rea
• Excusatory and justificatory defenses
• Attempts
• Secondary party liability
• Offenses causing death
• Nonfatal offenses against the person
• Offenses relating to the security of the Kingdom
• Offense of theft
• Other property offenses
• Modes of judicial proof and rules of evidence

This book is centered around the major issues relating to criminal law in Thailand and aims to offer a detailed and systematic overview of the Thai criminal justice system. It is designed as a traditional textbook of criminal law which provides a succinct focused coverage of all the relevant aspects of laws, judgments, and legal reforms in a concise and readable form. Although all topics have been previously treated in the Thai language, this is the first and most comprehensive work in the English language about Thai criminal law. The book covers not only the legal system, starting from the Penal Code of 1908 and emphasizing the substantial changes that have been introduced in the past decades, but also the deep influence of doctrine and case law. It is built up in several layers, starting from the general rule, to gradually examine the more specific ones. The book begins with the elementary legal concepts to be learned by the reader, by defining the fundamental principles underlying the Thai criminal system and outlining its objectives. It then extensively describes the main offences under the Thai Penal Code and classifies those breaches of law which are crimes from those which are merely illegal without being criminal. .
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Thai activists risk their lives on remote Indonesian islands to find justice and freedom for enslaved fishermen who feed the world's appetite for seafood. Bangkok-based Patima Tungpuchayakul has committed her life to helping these men return home. Facing illness, death threats, and corruption, Patima's fearless determination for justice inspires the world

• Chapter 1. Governing Refugees
• Chapter 2. The Karen In Burma: Conflict And Displacement
• Chapter 3. The Camp Community
• Chapter 4. The Governance Palimpsest: Order Maintenance In Eastern Burma
• Chapter 5. Sovereigns And Denizens: Camp Governance And 'The Refugee'
• Chapter 6. The Struggle For Ownership Of Justice
• Chapter 8. Enacting Interlegality: Human Rights And Local Justice
• Chapter 8. Beyond Encampment.
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Refugee camps are imbued in the public imagination with assumptions of anarchy, danger and refugee passivity. Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism challenges such assumptions, arguing that refugee camps should be recognized as spaces where social capital can not only survive, but thrive. This book examines camp management and the administration of justice in refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border. Emphasising the work of refugees themselves in coping with and adapting to encampment, it considers themes of agency, sovereignty and legal pluralism in an analysis of local governance and the production of order beyond the state. Governing Refugees will appeal to anyone with relevant interests in law, anthropology and criminology, as well as those working in the area of refugee studies.
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