Legal Culture, Perspective Reproductions, and the Thai Legal Professionals

CMU Journal of Law and Social Sciences (CMUJLSS) is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University. "CMU Journal of Law and Social Sciences" aims to be a publisher of a wide range of high quality academic journals such as original articles, review article i...

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Main Author: Boonchoo Na Pomphet
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Law Chiang Mai University 2019
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Online Access:https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/CMUJLSS/article/view/111448/97418
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-669122019-12-03T06:32:24Z Legal Culture, Perspective Reproductions, and the Thai Legal Professionals Boonchoo Na Pomphet Legal culture legal professional legal education perspective reproduction Thailand CMU Journal of Law and Social Sciences (CMUJLSS) is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University. "CMU Journal of Law and Social Sciences" aims to be a publisher of a wide range of high quality academic journals such as original articles, review article in the field of all legal matters, such as public law, private law, criminal law, international law, etc., are related to the knowledge of the social sciences in various fields. Annually, the Journal publishes two issues: the 1st issue during January-June and the 2nd issue during July - December. Legal professionals, in particular judges at the Court of Justice and the Constitutional Court, have lately received some marked criticisms targeting their perspective, paradigm, and legal culture. The dimension of judicial decisions has expanded to include political, economic, and social aspects. Community rights and political cases have been introduced to the Court in a more visible manner. Yet, the Court steadfastly refuses to take these new dimensions into consideration and focuses solely on the letter of the statute when rendering justice. Consequently, the general public outcry can be easily observed, but few seeks to understand the underlying legal culture of legal professionals. Drawing from well-researched empirical evidence, this article argues that the origin of Thailand’s legal culture stemmed from the legal education. The process of education proceeds to shape not only the knowledge but also the perspective of legal professionals. This shared perspective is often manifested in the form of judicial decisions which rigidly adhere to the traditional approach and neglect the economic, social, and political context. These decisions are then studied and replicated in future decisions thus reproducing the legal perspective forming the foundation of Thailand legal culture. The article concludes with a hopeful perspective in the near future. 2019-12-03T06:32:24Z 2019-12-03T06:32:24Z 2019 CMU Journal of Law and Social Sciences11, 1 (Jan-Jun 2019), 156-168 2586-9604 https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/CMUJLSS/article/view/111448/97418 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/66912 Eng Faculty of Law Chiang Mai University
institution Chiang Mai University
building Chiang Mai University Library
country Thailand
collection CMU Intellectual Repository
language English
topic Legal culture
legal professional
legal education
perspective reproduction
Thailand
spellingShingle Legal culture
legal professional
legal education
perspective reproduction
Thailand
Boonchoo Na Pomphet
Legal Culture, Perspective Reproductions, and the Thai Legal Professionals
description CMU Journal of Law and Social Sciences (CMUJLSS) is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University. "CMU Journal of Law and Social Sciences" aims to be a publisher of a wide range of high quality academic journals such as original articles, review article in the field of all legal matters, such as public law, private law, criminal law, international law, etc., are related to the knowledge of the social sciences in various fields. Annually, the Journal publishes two issues: the 1st issue during January-June and the 2nd issue during July - December.
author Boonchoo Na Pomphet
author_facet Boonchoo Na Pomphet
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title Legal Culture, Perspective Reproductions, and the Thai Legal Professionals
title_short Legal Culture, Perspective Reproductions, and the Thai Legal Professionals
title_full Legal Culture, Perspective Reproductions, and the Thai Legal Professionals
title_fullStr Legal Culture, Perspective Reproductions, and the Thai Legal Professionals
title_full_unstemmed Legal Culture, Perspective Reproductions, and the Thai Legal Professionals
title_sort legal culture, perspective reproductions, and the thai legal professionals
publisher Faculty of Law Chiang Mai University
publishDate 2019
url https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/CMUJLSS/article/view/111448/97418
http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/66912
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