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

2221. Reference : MM-1-21-535

Criminal law

| May 22, 1969. According to Miphat, crimes that occurred in Thailand were more serious than those in the U.S, but they were less severe than those in Japan. Regarding the trial court, discretion was required, with careful consideration of whether the defendant was preparing to commit the crime. Yet, the law could not define the difference between those who intended to crime and those who prepared a crime. However, if the court proved that there was intention to commit a crime, the one who incited would receive the maximum penalty. Frequently, the defendant recanted testimony to the trial court, and this had the affect of making the defendant's testimony to the police investigation worthless. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Criminal law

2222. Reference : MM-1-21-536

Negligence.

| June 19, 1969. In the opinion of Sansern, Thai courts have a stricter standard of action for negligence of their safety, rather than the courts of England and the United States. But Som disagreed that the Thai court has a stricter standard of action for negligence than the American courts do. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Negligence.

2223. Reference : MM-1-21-537

Pleading guilty.

| June 18, 1969. Judge Chief in Nan province told that People who had no money often choose to confess in order to obtain a reduction in penalty. This was because defense in the court needed money from them. However, people in central Thailand rarely confessed and spent money to hire skilled lawyers in their defense or even pay bribes to police to deviate from the case. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Pleading guilty.

2224. Reference : MM-1-21-538

The case of a bounced cheque

| Early March. There were many cases of bounced cheques. According to the law, the person who issued the cheques would have a fine imposed on them. However, many lawyers did not agree, and considered that offenders did not have an intention to pay the money. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

The case of a bounced cheque

2225. Reference : MM-1-21-539

Using evidence

| 29 May 1969. In trial court, the judge would not accept certain types of evidence, such as witness interviews of clients or opponents, or words that were not spoken in the court, etc. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Using evidence

2226. Reference : MM-1-21-540

Court-martial

| January 27, 1969. Suthon gave more information to Moerman about some of the cases in which the defendant was not allowed to have attorneys. Such cases had been transferred to the court-martial, for example cases related to heroin, alleged offence of communism, fishing with bombs, etc. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Court-martial

2227. Reference : MM-1-21-541

To cross-examine

| May 29, 1969. Pra Win was skilled in cross-examination. He could use a couple of questions to suppress the questions of the opposition’s witnesses. For example in the case of heroin, he questioned the police about the time a subordinate pretended to buy heroin, or if anyone had witnessed the heroin trading. These questions were just enough to allow the accused off from the allegations because they could not prove the evidence. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

To cross-examine

2228. Reference : MM-1-21-542

Changes in the legal profession.

| June 27. The President of the Supreme Court had told MiPat about his plan to eliminate the Minister of Justice from office. He planned to appoint a judge instead, because in his opinion the person who served as the Minister must have previously served as a judge and must be honest. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Changes in the legal profession.

2229. Reference : MM-1-21-543

Contracts.

| May 29 , 1969. According to governmental regulation, any person who signed a contract or agreement with the government must sign a form as proscribed by the government. If not, one was not be able to make a contract or any agreement with the government. In fact, lawyers and business people of Thailand did not appreciate this process. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Contracts.

2230. Reference : MM-1-21-544

Providing legal assistance

| June 19, 1969. The Board of the Bar Association was established with an objective to provide legal aid to the public and to train new lawyers by providing them with practice experience in both civil and criminal cases. The lawyers must work with devotion and honesty. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Providing legal assistance