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Fighting for virtue : justice and politics in Thailand / Duncan McCargo.
LIBRA KPT2613 .M33 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCargo, Duncan, author.
- Series:
- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political questions and judicial power--Thailand.
- Political questions and judicial power.
- Judicial power--Thailand.
- Judicial power.
- Judges--Thailand.
- Judges.
- Politics and government.
- Thailand--Politics and government--21st century.
- Thailand.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 261 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Offers an analysis of the recent era of "judicialization," using close scrutiny of some key trials to explain how and why Thailand's judges proved unable to resolve the country's longstanding political crisis, despite their royal mandate to do so"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : legalism and the revival of treason
- Privileged caste?
- Bench and throne
- Challenges to the judiciary
- Against the crown?
- Computer compassings
- Against the state
- Crimes of Thaksin
- Courting constitutionalism
- Conclusion : the trouble is politics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: McCargo, Duncan, author. Fighting for virtue
- ISBN:
- 9780801449994
- 0801449995
- OCLC:
- 1097474049
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