Tort, Custom, and Karma Globalization and Legal Consciousness in Thailand |
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| Author:
| Engel, David
Engel, Jaruwan S. |
| Series title: | The Cultural Lives of Law Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-6382-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.00 |
Book Description:
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This colorful portrait of law and society during a period of rapid social change reaches a counter-intuitive conclusion about the role of law in injury cases: globalization has led ordinary Thai people to turn away from courts and lawyers and to embrace a form of religious practice that leaves them without any remedy for harms they have suffered.
This colorful portrait of law and society during a period of rapid social change reaches a counter-intuitive conclusion about the role of law in injury cases: globalization has led ordinary Thai people to turn away from courts and lawyers and to embrace a form of religious practice that leaves them without any remedy for harms they have suffered.