Thailand

This course provides a study of the principles of civil and commercial law relating to torts, management of affairs without mandate, and undue enrichment under the Civil and Commercial Code. Other relevant topics encompassed in this course are product liability law, environmental protection law, and contemporary problems regarding the application of these laws.  

This course introduces international tax law with an emphasis on the problems around double taxation.  

The course covers types of international transactions which are subject to taxation under the Thai Revenue Code, and the different forms of international corporation on the avoidance of double taxation.  

This course provides a fundamental knowledge of philosophies and concepts for human development and social policy – its definition, theory, approaches and methods for studying social issues and development. The course also discusses the interdisciplinary nature and relevance of social policy for government policy and civil society engagement, based on global and regional frameworks – including case studies of national social policy and practices in various fields.

Through anthropological and historical approaches, this course delves into religious and spiritual beliefs, ritual practices, and magical material culture in Thailand, offering a nuanced view towards modern Thai society as well as cultivating the appreciation of religious plurality. 

This course investigates significant events that shaped American society and formed the United States from the colonial period to the end of the Vietnam War. The course covers the impact of the colonial legacy on the American self-government and development of a democratic society, the American Revolution and Republican ideology, the Industrial Revolution and Sectionalism, the Civil War and the end of slavery, the rise of Big Business and Corporatism, the World Wars and American Society, the United States and world revolutions, the decline of the American Empire.