| Description |
1 online resource (507 pages) |
| Series |
Rethinking Southeast Asia |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The defamation dilemma of Thailand; 1 The truth recently discovered; Part I: Defamation and truth-producing forms in Thailand; 2 Regimes of truth, regimes of defamation; 3 Truth and treason in old Siam; Part II: Genealogies of defamation and abnormal times; 4 Chronology of Thai defamation-based laws; 5 Normalizing "abnormal times" and the "endless state of exception"; Part III: Components of defamation: intent, target, receiver; 6 Intent and import |
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7 The insulted and defamed I: From the individual to the nation8 The insulted and defamed II: Monarchy and lse-majest; 9 The people; Part IV: Thai enemy, Thainess, and Thai truth; 10 Culture and traitor; 11 Thai-ification and colonization; 12 Defamation and truth; 13 Conclusion; Notes; Appendix I: Thai laws on defamation (slander and libel); Appendix II: Five versions of the Thai law on sedition; Appendix III: Four versions of the Thai lse majest law and two proposed amendme |
| Summary |
Explores the basics of the defamation law as it applies to private-sphere defamation and looks at the peculiar permutations created by the use of public-sphere defamation laws in Thailand, particularly in terms of creating and protecting a nationalist identity |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Libel and slander -- Thailand
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Lese majesty -- Thailand
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Political crimes and offenses -- Thailand
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Lese majesty
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Libel and slander
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Political crimes and offenses
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Thailand
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203847541 |
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0203847547 |
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