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Author McCargo, Duncan, author.

Title Fighting for virtue : justice and politics in Thailand / Duncan McCargo.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
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
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Subject Political questions and judicial power -- Thailand.
Political questions and judicial power.
Thailand.
Judicial power -- Thailand.
Judicial power.
Judges -- Thailand.
Judges.
Thailand -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 21st century
2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: McCargo, Duncan. Fighting for virtue. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 9780801449994 (DLC) 2019017309 (OCoLC)1097474049
ISBN 9781501709586 electronic book
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9780801449994
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