Streckfuss, David

Truth on trial in Thailand : defamation, treason, and lese-majeste / David Streckfuss - New York : Routledge, 2010 - xvii, 488 p. : 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 lese-majeste) -- 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