01673cam a2200349 i 4500 on1097474049 OCoLC ta 210503s2019 nyua b 001 0 eng d 2019017309 9780801449994 (hbk) 0801449995 (hbk) (OCoLC)1097474049 (OCoLC)1090851318 NIC/DLC eng rda DLC pcc a-th--- KPT2613 .M33 2019 McCargo, Duncan. Fighting for virtue : justice and politics in Thailand / Duncan McCargo. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019. xii, 261 p. Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : legalism and the revival of treason -- Privileged caste? -- Bench and throne -- Challenges to the judiciary -- Against the crown? -- Computer compassings -- Against the state -- Crimes of Thaksin -- Courting constitutionalism -- Conclusion : the trouble is politics. "Offers an analysis of the recent era of "judicialization," using close scrutiny of some key trials to explain how and why Thailand's judges proved unable to resolve the country's longstanding political crisis, despite their royal mandate to do so"-- Political questions and judicial power Thailand. Judicial power Thailand. Judges Thailand. Thailand Politics and government 21st century. Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University lcc BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 KPT2613 .M33 2019 PNLIB21061555 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 1742 1742