The palace law of Ayutthaya and the Thammasat : law and kingship in Siam / translated and edited by Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baker, Christopher John, 1948- editor, translator.

Pasuk Phongpaichit, editor, translator.

Series:

Southeast Asia Program series ; no. 69.

Studies on Southeast Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Thailand--Sources.

Law.

History.

Thailand--Law and legislation--History--Sources.

Thailand.

Legislation.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xii, 154 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : Southeast Asia Program Publications, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 2016.

Summary:

This book contains the first academic translations of key legal texts from the Ayutthaya era (1351--1767), along with an essay on the role of law in Thai history. The legal history of Southeast Asia has languished because few texts are accessible in translation. The Three Seals Code is a collection of Thai legal manuscripts surviving from the Ayutthaya era. The Palace Law, probably dating to the late fifteenth century, was the principal law on kingship and government. The Thammasat, a descendant of India's dharmasastra, stood at the head of the Code and gave it authority. Here these two key laws are presented in English translation for the first time along with detailed annotations and analyses of their content.

Contents:

Law-making and the Three Seals Code

Introduction to the Thammasat

Introduction to the Palace Law

Glossary

Publication history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154).

ISBN:

9780877277699

0877277699

9780877277996

0877277990

OCLC:

951760891