Truth on trial in Thailand defamation, treason and lese-majeste

Streckfuss, David

Truth on trial in Thailand defamation, treason and lese-majeste - London Routledge 2010 - xvii,488p. ill. ; 24 cm. - 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.

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

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