The Legal Reform of Thailand in the Reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V)

Abstract

This research purpose 1. to study causes and elements on the legal reform in the reign of King Rama V; 2. to study the procedures of the legal reform in the reign of King Rama V; 3. to study the result of the legal reform in the reign of King Rama V. This was a qualitative research using a Historicism methodology via a logical descriptive analysis on documents, historical and academical. Result of the research found; 1) the becoming of the Western colonialism/imperialism in the reign of King Rama IV precipitateก Siam into the Legal and Court reform; 2) Thai Legal system reform was followed the Japanese model by organizing the Court system first whilst the outputs of the reform, the Legal Sytem resembling a Western Legal system, came finally; 3) results of the reform was that the Thai Legal Sytem resembling a Western Legal system was employed as possess on a Legal and Court independence contending with the Western colonialism/imperialism which succeed in 1395