{"product_id":"fighting-for-virtue-justice-and-politics-in-thailand-hardback-9780801449994","title":"Fighting for Virtue; Justice and Politics in Thailand (Hardback) 9780801449994","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFighting for Virtue\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJustice and Politics in Thailand\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDuncan McCargo (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801449994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 January 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e282 pages, 12 b\u0026amp;w photos, 1 b\u0026amp;w line drawing - 12 Illustrations, black and white - 1 Line drawings, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an original, heavily researched, fascinating, highly readable, and ultimately frightening book.\u003c\/p\u003e (Bangkok Post) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFighting for Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e makes an original contribution to critical debates about the rule of law in Southeast Asia. It will be an essential point of reference for anyone interested in understanding the morbid politics of the final decade of King Bhumibol's reign. For both these reasons, it deserves to be read widely.\u003c\/p\u003e (Contemporary Southeast Asia) \u003cp\u003eDuncan McCargo has tackled yet another fascinating aspect of Thailand's politics in \u003ci\u003eFighting for Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e. McCargo treats the reader to an abundance of details, thoughtful analysis, and savvy observation. Overall, this book is an important contribution that will be cited for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e (Pacific Affairs) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFighting for Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling text that portrays the dynamics of a complicated judiciary, a central player in the fractious political landscape of contemporary Thailand. It is highly recommended to readers of political anthropology, legal studies, history, political science and Southeast Asian studies.\u003c\/p\u003e (The London School of Economics and Political Science)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFighting for Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e investigates how Thailand's judges were tasked by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) in 2006 with helping to solve the country's intractable political problems—and what happened next. \u003c\/b\u003eAcross the last decade of Rama IX's rule, Duncan McCargo examines the world of Thai judges: how they were recruited, trained, and promoted, and how they were socialized into a conservative world view that emphasized the proximity between the judiciary and the monarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMcCargo delves into three pivotal freedom of expression cases that illuminate Thai legal and cultural understandings of sedition and treason, before examining the ways in which accusations of disloyalty made against controversial former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra came to occupy a central place in the political life of a deeply polarized nation. The author navigates the highly contentious role of the Constitutional Court as a key player in overseeing and regulating Thailand's political order before concluding with reflections on the significance of the Bhumibol era of \"judicialization\" in Thailand. In the end, posits McCargo, under a new king, who appears far less reluctant to assert his own power and authority, the Thai courts may now assume somewhat less significance as a tool of the monarchical network.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Legalism and Revival of Treason\u003cbr\u003e 1. Privileged Caste?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Bench and Throne\u003cbr\u003e 3. Challenges to the Judiciary\u003cbr\u003e 4. Against the Crown?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Computer Compassings\u003cbr\u003e 6. Against the State\u003cbr\u003e 7. Crimes of Thaksin\u003cbr\u003e 8. Courting Constitutionalism\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Trouble Is Politics\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541629104408,"sku":"9780801449994","price":36.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fighting-for-virtue-justice-and-politics-in-thailand-hardback-9780801449994","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}