Film Censorship in the Asia-Pacific Region: Legal Frameworks and Filmmakers' Perspectives

This book is a comparative study of state-based film censorship laws and practices in the Asia-Pacific region.

It provides crucial historical context for each of the common law traditions in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Australia - all former British colonies - and compares it to the tradition of civil law and the lèse majesté law in Thailand. The book sets out to analyse the approach to film censorship of four Asian-Pacific countries. It does so largely from a doctrinal perspective, reviewing ea...