The Legal System
The Law
Thailand has a codified system of law as a result of reforms instituted by King Chulalongkorn (King Rama V) at the turn of the nineteenth century. The major legislative codes are the Civil and Commercial Code, the Penal Code, the Civil Procedure Code, the Criminal Procedure Code, the Revenue Code, and the Land Code. The content of the Codes was drawn from the laws of other countries having codified systems (e.g. France, Switzerland, and Germany), from countries with common law systems (e.g. Great Britain), and from the traditional laws of Thailand.