Few aspects of the Vietnamese legal system are more uncertain and controversial than the
meaning of socialist law. It influences the way the Communist Party of Vietnam 'leads' the …

Three questions are common to the chapters in this book. The first is whether and how
socialism shapes law and law-related institutions; the second is the role of external and …

This book is a unique analysis of the struggle to build a rule of law in one of the world's most
dynamic and vibrant nations-a socialist state that is seeking to build a market economy while …

In April 2002 the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) finalised its Resolution of the Political
Bureau on Forthcoming Principal Judiciary Tasks ('Resolution 8'), a policy paper identifying …

A quiet resurgence of legal discourse is beginning in Vietnam, five years after the
Vietnamese Communist Party announced a policy of" renovation" and began a slow process …

Like China, Vietnam is experiencing myriad transformations. Socialism has selectively
absorbed neoliberal ideas such as user-pay social services, economic deregulation, and …

The history of legality in Vietnam is inextricably bound up with the adaptation of foreign
ideas. Legality is broadly conceived to mean state rule through law. This chapter argues that …

Over the past two decades, efforts by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) to build a"
socialist" rule of law through legal and judicial reforms have contributed to the vibrant …

Vietnam. 1 Encouraging and managing this change is a daunting task for the Vietnamese
Communist Party, one of the few communist parties that has chosen to enact far-reaching …

As part of the overall theme of this book, this chapter seeks to analyse how socialism has
been influential in shaping law by examining the specific example of the Education Law of …