Thai Legal History
Herausgeber: Harding, Andrew; Pongsapan, Munin
1. Introduction Andrew Harding; 2. Thai legal history: a brief literature
review Rawin Leelapana, Andrew Harding and Eugenie Merieau; Part I.
Traditional law and its modern resonances: 3. Thammasat, custom and royal
authority in Siam's legal history Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit; 4.
The history of the initial royal command: a reflection on the legal and
political contexts of kingship and the modern state in Siam Kongsatja
Suwanapech; 5. Buddhist influence on the ancient Siamese legal system, from
Ayutthaya to the twenty-first century Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang; 6. A
history of the Thai Le`se-Majeste¿ law Eugenie Merieau; 7. Blood curse and
belonging in Thailand: law, Buddhism and legal consciousness David M.
Engel; Part II. Foreign influence and the reform period: 8. British judges
in the supreme court of Siam Surutchada Reekie and Adam Reekie; 9. The
fundamental misconception in the drafting of the Thai civil and commercial
code of 1925 Munin Pongsapan; 10. The modernisation of Thai criminal law:
from the 1908 penal code to the 1956 criminal code Kanaphon Chanhom; 11.
Thai trust law: a legal import rooted in pragmatism Surutchada Reekie and
Narun Popattanachai; 12. The history of Thai family laws: strong women and
weak gender equality under the law Apinop Atipiboonsin; 13. The origins of
Thailand's bureaucratic state and the consolidation of administrative
justice Peter Leyland; 14. Siam and the standard of civilisation in the
nineteenth century Krisdakorn Wongwuthikun and Naporn Popattanachai; Part
III. Constitutional conflicts 1932-2017: 15. The Thai-style democracy in
post-1932 Thailand and its challenges: a quest for nirvana of
constitutional samsara in Thai legal history before 1997 Rawin Leelapatana;
16. Permutations of the basic structure: Thai constitutionalism and the
democratic regime with the king as head Henning Glaser; 17. The 1991-1992
judicial crisis: personalities or principles? Duncan McCargo; 18. Without
account: coups, amnesties and justice in Thailand Tyrell Haberkorn;
Glossary; Index.
