Thailand, as with some of its ASEAN partners, is using cybercrime legislation to prosecute those spreading "fake news". Thailand took legislative action by amending the 2007 Computer Crime Act in 2017. The new Act makes it an offence to use a computer system in a way likely to "cause damage to the maintenance of national security, public safety, national economic security, or infrastructure for the common good of the Nation, or to cause panic amongst the public". The amended legislation also created a computer data screening panel, which monitors the internet for "fake news". Probably a greater threat to personal freedom is individuals and organisations that surf the internet looking for posts that conflict with their point of view and then take legal action so that the supposed perpetrators are prosecuted and probably persecuted as well. Truth is not necessarily a defence. The lèse-majesté legislation, as set out in the Constitution and the Criminal Code, makes it an offence to criticise the Crown. This is supported by the anti-defamation law which allows for civil and criminal remedies. This paper dissects the legislation and shows how it can be misused to persecute those critical of the government or private enterprises. 1
The booming of Law and Popular Culture has been marked by an unprecedented production and consumption of a voluminous literature examining a wide range of legal themes in movies and TV series on both sides of the Atlantic, the UK and the US. The enthusiastic proponents of the field have been focusing mainly on examining issues of justice, plot, and lead characters in the role of lawyers. Partly, this literature draws parallels between cinematic representations of lawyers and real-life lawyers. Almost indiscriminately, this work focuses mainly on a critical analysis and investigation of cinematic representations of male lawyers, rendering women lawyers' cinematic portrayals largely unexplored on both sides of the Atlantic. Middle Eastern women lawyers' celluloid representations are even more limited, functioning as a constant reminder of this ever-present absence. This paper seeks to address this absence by examining a relatively small sample of films from both the Anglo-American and Middle Eastern cinematic traditions. It puts forward the suggestion that despite differences characterising the relevant cinematic traditions, cinematic representations of women lawyers remain largely similar.
The commodification of Legal Education and the popularity of law as a subject of study have been reflected in a plethora of law courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels on offer in the English Universities. Property Law modules do not necessarily enjoy the same degree of popularity to other modules on a qualifying law degree in English Universities. Despite being slowly changing modules, Property Law modules did not remain unaffected by the commodification of legal education. As a result, Property Law became highly specialised. This quickly translated in optional modules such as: Succession Law, Housing Law, Landlord and Tenant Law, Construction Law etc. Nevertheless, Property Law modules remain highly unpopular among the student population in the English Universities. This paper examines the reasons for this by focusing on three parameters. The first parameter examines the nature of the subject itself as highly technical, therefore less adventurous and attractive. The second parameter brings forward the suggestion that neither legal educators nor researchers have actually successfully managed to break away from the monotony of Property Law subjects. The third parameter proposes solutions to the increasing unpopularity of these subjects. It puts forward the suggestion that a socio-legal approach to the subjects combined with appealing forms of popular culture might just increase the popularity of the subjects among the student population.
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