Postcolonial Copyright Law

Lessons on Community and Coloniality from Thailand
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-96111-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 543 g

Reihe: Intellectual Property, Theory, Culture

This book appraises postcolonial perspectives to rethink the meaning of copyright and makes suggestions for its future within the global landscape of intellectual property law.

Drawing on the experience of Thailand as a case study, a country with a unique yet marginal position in discussions on colonialism, the book offers valuable insights for the international field of copyright law. Thai copyright law emerged in an era when the threat of European colonial powers inspired local ruling elites to embark on a quest for modernisation and establish a modern absolutist state. One can observe similar dynamics in the recent promotion of Thailand’s Creative Economy. Contrary to these top-down developments, the book argues for greater attention to attitudes and practices on the ground. Taking an interdisciplinary approach informed by film studies, area studies, decolonial studies, and legal sociology, the book makes a case to redefine copyright as a community resource.

The book will be of interest to researchers in the field of copyright law, postcolonial and decolonial studies, and sociolegal studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Poolsavasdi, Mespiti

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Urheberrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz allg., Marken- und Kennzeichenrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Copyright, Community, and Coloniality

Part I: Colonial Modernity

1. The Coloniality of Legal Modernity

2.The Quest for Civilisation

Part II: The Persistence of Coloniality

3. Thai Copyright in the Cultural Cold War

4. The War on Piracy

Part III: A Line of Escape

5. On Belatedness

6. The Cinema of Interactions

Part IV: Community After All

7. Copyright in (inter)action

8. Community Once More

Über Autor(innen)

Mespiti Poolsavasdi is a legal scholar specialising in copyright law and sociolegal studies. This book is based on his PhD dissertation from Queen Mary University of London (2023), which critically and constructively examined the development of copyright law in Thailand from a postcolonial perspective, offering fresh insights aimed at reshaping the law. He is currently a lecturer at the Thammasat University Faculty of Law, where he teaches and conducts research on intellectual property law with a focus on the intersections of law, culture, and society.