Announcements

Thai Legal Studies Vol. 4 No. 1 (July 2024) has been published!

2024-07-31

We are delighted to announce that Thai Legal Studies Vol. 4 No. 1 (July 2024) has been published. The issue features two original articles, a commentary on the Marriage Equality Act, two translations related to a recent Constitutional Court case, and two book reviews.

We wish you an enjoyable read.

TLS Vol. 4 No. 1

Articles:

Norravich Limpanukorn, Redefining Ownership Under Thai Law: Is It a Right or Title?, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.272793

Paweenwat Thongprasop, Almost Happiness, But Not Quite: Reluctant Rule by Law and Thai Legal History in Seni Pramoj’s Legal Autobiography, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.271502

Commentary:

Nada Chaiyajit, Analyzing Thailand’s Amendments to the Civil and Commercial Code on Marriage Equality: Progress, Shortcomings, and the Struggle for LGBTIQAN+ Rights to Family Establishment, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.274227

Translations:

Tyrell Haberkorn, Translated Judgment: Drafting a Law Is Not Overthrow: Constitutional Court Ruling No. 3/2567, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.274832

Ronnakorn Bunmee, Translated Memorandum: Expert Witness Statement on the Law of Defamation Against the Monarchy in Foreign Countries, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.274803

Book reviews:

Andrew Harding, Review of Duncan McCargo, Fighting for Virtue: Justice and Politics in Thailand, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.274890

Papawadee Tanodomdej, Review of Owart Suthiwartnarueput, From Extraterritoriality to Equality: Thailand’s Foreign Relations 1855–1939, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.274729

Thai Legal Studies Vol. 3 No. 2 (2023)

2023-12-30

We are delighted to announce that Thai Legal Studies’ Vol. 3 No. 2 has been published. The issue features three intriguing articles, a translation of a historic Thai text, and two book reviews.

We wish you an enjoyable read.

 

TLS Vol. 3 No. 2:

Articles

Thanapat Yaemklin and Kumpon Kittipongpattana, Enigmatic Aspects of “Time Is of the Essence” in Construction Law of Thailand: A Comparative Study of Common Law in England and Australia, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.262870

Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang, Prime Ministerial Term Limit: Adopted, Abused, and Abandoned, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.269967

Francis Goh and  Amnart Tangkiripimarn, Looking Around: Should Thailand Promote Mediation Effectiveness and How?, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.270008

 

Translation

Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit, Tenets Spoken by Indra, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.269220

 

Book reviews

Patharanist Wannapoglang, Review of Ngoc Son Bui and Mara Malagodi (eds), Asian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume I, Constitution Making (Hart 2023), https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.270077

Benjamin Ivry, Review of Thanh Phan and Daniela Damian (eds), Smart Cities in Asia: Regulations, Problems, and Development (Springer Nature 2022), https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.269194

 

Thai Legal Studies Vol. 3 No. 1 (2023)

2023-07-30

We are delighted to announce that Thai Legal Studies’ Vol. 3 No. 1 has now been fully published. The issue features four intriguing Articles, a Commentary, Case Summaries, and a Book Review.

We wish you an enjoyable read!

TLS Vol. 3 No. 1:

Thanyanuch Tantikul, Remorseful or Resigned: Criminal Justice Legitimacy and the Appearance of “Docile” Defendants, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.261254

William Roth, “The Incident of 1911”: The Real Truth in the Temple of Preah Vihear Case, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.262099

Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit, The Arithmetic of Life in Premodern Siam Ranking and Monetary Value in the Regime of Punishment, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.261959

Supakorn Wilartratsami, Evaluating Thailand’s Domestic Implementation of the Prevention of Grave Breaches under the Geneva Conventions, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.260136

Wiriya Kongsiriwong, Commentary: An Overview of Problems with the Act on Imposition of Non-Criminal (Pinai) Regulatory Fines, B.E. 2565 (2022), https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.268430

Supakorn Wilartratsami, Tanyapat Chaiseri, and Nawinda Klumsombut, Case Summaries: Supreme Court (Plenary Session) Decisions 2022, https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.268336

Andrew Harding, Book Review: Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law (Tom Ginsburg and Benjamin Schonthal, eds), https://doi.org/10.54157/tls.267841

Important Update from Thai Legal Studies

2022-09-09

Thai Legal Studies is pleased to announce two new developments:

First, Volume 2 Issue 1 (July 2022) is out now! All articles and other material can be viewed open access (always free) from our website’s Home page here.

Second, TLS is excited to announce that we now accept Format-Free Submissions, meaning that authors may submit manuscripts to us in any style they prefer! References can also use any scholarly convention and appear either as in-text citations or footnotes. Our revised submission guidelines can be found here.

Thank you for your interest in Thai Legal Studies.