Fighting for Virtue : : Justice and Politics in Thailand / / Duncan McCargo.
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 wor...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (282 p.) :; 12 b&w photos, 1 b&w line drawing |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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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Summary: | 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501709586 9783110649826 9783110690460 9783110704716 9783110704518 9783110704594 9783110704723 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781501709586?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Duncan McCargo. |