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Author Streckfuss, David.

Title Truth on trial in Thailand [electronic resource] : defamation, treason, and lese-majeste / David Streckfuss.

Imprint New York : Routledge, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvii, 488 p. : ill.
Series Rethinking Southeast Asia
Rethinking Southeast Asia.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [434]-462) and index.
Contents The truth recently discovered -- Regimes of truth, regimes of defamation -- Truth and treason in old Siam -- Chronology of Thai defamation-based laws -- Normalizing "abnormal times" and the endless state of exception -- Intent and import -- The insulted and defamed (the individual to the nation) -- The insulted and defamed (monarchy and lese-majeste) -- The people -- Culture and traitor -- Thai-ification and colonisation -- Defamation and truth.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Libel and slander -- Thailand.
Lese majesty -- Thailand.
Political crimes and offenses -- Thailand.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780415414258 (hardback : alk. paper)
0415414253 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780203847541 (electronic bk.)
0203847547 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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