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Thailand is a country of statutory law. Even before the work on modern codes was first undertaken towards the end of the last century, the entire field of ordinary civil and criminal justice was covered by written law. Although much legislation enacted at various times embodied new or modified legal rules, most other legislation was simply the expression of long established custom, and ancient Thai family law was customary in this sense.
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Buxbaum, D.C. (1968). Some Main Features of Modernization of Ancient Family Law in Thailand. In: Buxbaum, D.C. (eds) Family Law and Customary Law in Asia. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6216-8_7
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