Tort, custom, and karma : globalization and legal consciousness in Thailand / / David M. Engel and Jaruwan S. Engel

• Autore: Engel David M
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Law Books, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.59303
• Soggetto topico: Buddhism and law - Thailand; Culture and law; Law and globalization - Thailand; Torts - Thailand
• Altri autori: EngelJaruwan S
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-184) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Romanization of Thai Words and Phrases; Introduction; 1. Buajan's Injury Narrative; 2. Chiangmai: A History of Globalizations; 3. State Law and the Law of Sacred Centers; 4. Injury Practices in a Transformed Society; 5. Litigation; 6. Justice; 7. Ming's Injury Narrative; Conclusion; Notes; Glossary of Thai Words and Phrases; Names of Injury Victims Referenced in Text; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Tort, custom, and karma
• ISBN: 0-8047-7375-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248229803316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Cultural lives of law.