Research Article
Custom, Kinship and the Law: An Analysis of Thailands Rural Northeastern Provinces (1946-1976)
Antonio L Rappa*
SIM University, Singapore
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- Antonio L Rappa
SIM University, Singapore
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E-mail: rappa@unisim.edu.sg
Received April 22, 2016; Accepted May 25, 2016; Published May 28, 2016
Citation: Rappa AL (2016) Custom, Kinship and the Law: An Analysis of Thailand’s Rural Northeastern Provinces (1946-1976). J Civil Legal Sci 5:194. doi:10.4172/2169-0170.1000194
Copyright: © 2016 Rappa AL. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The Siamese and Thai history of village level kinship ties and communalism in both Siamese and Lao culture contributed to the variegated evolution of Siamese and Thai traditions and customs. Legal frameworks for the Kingdom only began to take serious root in modernity when Western forms of administration and society began after World War II. This paper examines the customs, kinship relations, and relevant laws of the Kingdom’s rural provinces in the northeast.