Year 1958-1961

Scope and content :

1958-1961. The first field work trip of Moerman in Thailand. He spent almost 3 years to collected field data about the Lue society, tradition, culture, and daily life of Tai Lue community at Ban Phaed, Payao province. 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Michael Moerman, 2005.

System of arrangemant : The series is divided base on the periods of field work in Thailand.

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : Some restriction on access. To respect in intellectual property right, the original material (hard copy) may not allowed to access. Please contact staff if you need more information.

Creative Commons License : Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution Non-Commercial (TK A-NC)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

Rule or convention : Collection, series and file level description based on ISAD(G)

730

Slide

41

Photograph

2433

Punchcard

51

Letter

38

Notebook

1

Typescript

1

Map

2111. Reference : MM-1-21-419

Lawyers' strategies.

| December 30. The court sentenced Thawee's client to be imprisoned for 1 year and 3 months on the charge of crashing a police motorcycle. Thawee was planning to apply for an appeal. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Lawyers' strategies.

2112. Reference : MM-1-21-420

Lawyers courtroom strategy.

| December 7. Thawee planned to undermine the credibility of the witnesses by focusing on color of the shirt of his client during the incident. Nobody would wear a white shirt to cause trouble at night because it was too observable. In addition, another police witness was quite weak. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Lawyers courtroom strategy.

2113. Reference : MM-1-21-421

| Pra Win borrowed a book from Moerman, Harris’s Hints on Advocacy, which was useful to him. It was about lawsuits. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

2114. Reference : MM-1-21-422

Prawin's office.

| 10 January. Prawin gave information about various cases he had been responsible for. Sometimes in civil cases the losing party had to sign a contract to pay the entire penalty. In other cases if one had no proof about the possession of property, the property needed to be shared with his/her spouse. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Prawin's office.

2115. Reference : MM-1-21-423

Law school.

| June 19, 1969. Sansern told Moreman that the School of Law is the place to train students as legal experts. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Law school.

2116. Reference : MM-1-21-424

Legal aid.

| August 10, 1969. Winit told Moerman that the government subsidized lawyers who helped the poor, but the funds were quite limited. The Bar Council planned to make additional payments as well. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Legal aid.

2117. Reference : MM-1-21-431

Interaction in Prawin's office.

| June 10, 1969. Moerman observed the reactions and gestures between Suthon and his client during the their talk. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Interaction in Prawin's office.

2118. Reference : MM-1-21-432

Lawyers on the law.

| March 18, 1969. Suthon pointed out relationship between the current legislation and juridical tradition in the past, such as denying bail to the accused or bail deposit in the high amount. According to his opinion, such act was equal to torture the accused in the past. Then, Moerman interviewed Prawin and Tharin about the cases such as illegal lottery, illegal logging, and portable gun without license. Especially the case of firearms, Prawin filed the lawsuit to the Supreme Court. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Lawyers on the law.

2119. Reference : MM-1-21-433

Lawyers on the law.

| June 4, 1969. Prawin talked about the ethics of lawyers with Moerman. Often prosecutors pursued lawsuits, even though the defendant may in some cases be not guilty, because prosecutors were afraid of being accused of a neglect of duty. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Lawyers on the law.

2120. Reference : MM-1-21-434

Lawyers on the law.

| December 7. There were two possible ways to pay bribe officials: before the case was filed for the attention of the prosecutors, and after consideration by the prosecutors on whether the case should be submitted for litigation. It was quite common for police to corrupt a witness with rice, shirts, and etc. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Lawyers on the law.