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Truth on trial in Thailand defamation, treason, and lèse-majesté /

Streckfuss, David.

Truth on trial in Thailand defamation, treason, and lèse-majesté / [electronic resource] : David Streckfuss. - New York : Routledge, 2010. - xvii, 488 p. : ill. - Rethinking Southeast Asia . - Rethinking Southeast Asia. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [434]-462) and index.

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 lèse-majesté) -- The people -- Culture and traitor -- Thai-ification and colonisation -- Defamation and truth.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Libel and slander--Thailand.
Lese majesty--Thailand.
Political crimes and offenses--Thailand.


Electronic books.

KPT4147 / .S77 2010

345.593/0256

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