Law and Society in Vietnam: The Transition from Socialism in Comparative Perspective

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COPYRIGHT......Page 8
DEDICATION......Page 9
CONTENTS......Page 11
TABLES......Page 12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 13
INTRODUCTION......Page 15
CONFLICT WITH ‘‘ENEMIES’’ OVER CONTENDING APPROACHES TO LAW: NHAN VAN GIAI PHAM AND BEYOND......Page 18
THE ‘‘ACADEMIC’’ STRAND IN VIETNAMESE LEGAL THOUGHT......Page 22
SHADINGS OF VIEWS WITHIN THE PARTY ON THE ROLE OF LAW......Page 27
LAW AND SOCIETY IN VIETNAM DURING DOI MOI (RENOVATION)......Page 30
CHAPTER 1 CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE EMERGENCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL DIALOGUE IN VIETNAM......Page 32
THE TRADITIONAL ANALYSIS OF SOCIALIST CONSTITUTIONS......Page 33
‘‘CONSTITUTIONAL REVIVAL,’’ CONSTITUTIONAL LEGITIMACY, CONSTITUTIONAL RELEVANCE: THE DIVERGENT ORIGINS OF CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION IN VIETNAM......Page 36
THE ROLE, FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY......Page 39
THE TRANSITION OF A SOCIALIST LEGAL INSTITUTION: THE PROBLEMS OF THE PROCURACY (STATE PROSECUTORS)......Page 40
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE ROLE OF THE CONSTITUTION: THE DEBATE ON SCHOOL FEES......Page 42
THE AMENDMENT PROCESS, CONSTITUTIONAL LEGITIMACY, AND CONSTITUTIONAL DIALOGUE......Page 43
TOWARD SOCIALIST CONSTITUTIONS AS A PLATFORM FOR DIALOGUE AND DEBATE......Page 55
POST-ADOPTION CONTROL THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION......Page 56
TRANSITIONAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONSTITUTIONALISM......Page 58
NOTE......Page 63
CHAPTER 2 THE EMERGING DEBATE OVER CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW AND ENFORCEMENT IN VIETNAM......Page 64
CONSTITUTIONAL ENFORCEMENT AND REVIEW IN THE VIETNAMESE CONSTITUTIONAL SCHEME......Page 66
CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW AND ENFORCEMENT IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT DEBATES......Page 67
THE DEBATE CONTINUES AND GROWS......Page 69
THE CURRENT DEBATE: DELINEATING OPTIONS AND MOVING TOWARD DECISIONS......Page 70
THE PROBLEM OF OVER-REACHING LOCAL LEGISLATION AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS......Page 73
MOTORCYCLE RIGHTS: CONSTITUTIONALISM HITS THE STREETS IN HANOI......Page 74
MOVING FORWARD......Page 77
NOTES......Page 87
CHAPTER 3 MOTORBIKE CONSTITUTIONALISM: THE EMERGENCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIMS IN VIETNAM......Page 88
REGULATING MOTORCYCLE CONGESTION: A CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROVERSY DEVELOPS......Page 89
LOCAL AND CENTRAL: THE GROWING PROBLEM OF LEGAL CONFLICT......Page 91
ECHOES OF PAST COMMAND POLICIES, AND THE ROAD TO RESISTANCE......Page 93
FROM VICTORY TO VICTORY: UPPING THE PRESSURE ON HANOI......Page 94
THE HANOI LEGISLATURE MEETS, WAVERS, AND INCITES MORE ANGER......Page 97
UPPING THE STAKES ONCE AGAIN IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY......Page 99
A VICTORY FOR HANOI MOTORCYCLISTS – BUT A VICTORY FOR CONSTITUTIONALISM?......Page 100
IMPLICATIONS OF THE MOTORBIKE CONSTITUTIONALISM DEBATE......Page 101
NOTES......Page 105
CHAPTER 4 ECONOMIC LAW IN THE SERVICE OF GLOBALIZATION: LABOR LAW AND LABOR EXPORT FROM VIETNAM......Page 106
VIETNAMESE SERVITUDE ON A PACIFIC ISLAND: THE DAEWOOSA CASE......Page 108
WORKER RESISTANCE AND FEDERAL INTERVENTION......Page 110
TEXT AND REALITY IN VIETNAMESE LAW: THE CASE OF LABOR EXPORT REGULATION......Page 112
EXPORT LABOR AND ITS REGULATION IN VIETNAM......Page 113
EXPORT LABOR UNDER THE 1994 LABOR CODE AND THE RISE OF THE LABOR EXPORT COMPANIES......Page 117
THE 1999 RESPONSES TO LABOR EXPORT VIOLATIONS, THE 1999 PARTY CONFERENCE, AND THE AFTERMATH......Page 120
TEXT AND PRACTICE: THE RIGHTS OF VIETNAMESE WORKERS ABROAD......Page 122
STRENGTHENED ENFORCEMENT OF LABOR EXPORT LAW......Page 123
PROSECUTIONS OF LABOR EXPORTERS AND CONTINUING CONTROVERSIES......Page 124
THE REVISION OF THE LABOR CODE......Page 127
TEXT AND IMPLEMENTATION IN VIETNAMESE LAW......Page 129
NOTES......Page 132
CHAPTER 5 LAW, THE PRESS, AND POLICE MURDER: THE TRIAL OF LT. NGUYEN TUNG DUONG......Page 133
A DEATH AT TET......Page 134
‘‘WHY DID DEATH COME TO THIS YOUTH, WHO REGULARLY CARRIED BUNDLES OF MONEY ACROSS THE BRIDGE?’’ – THE NEWSPAPERS ENTER THE FRAY......Page 137
‘‘YOU SHOULD ACCEPT SOME MONEY’’......Page 138
‘‘WHICH CRIME NGUYEN TUNG DUONG COMMITTED IS NOW THE CRUX OF THE MATTER’’......Page 140
‘‘OFFICIAL DUTIES’’ OR ‘‘MOTIVATED BY ABASING PURPOSES’’?......Page 141
‘‘PUBLIC OPINION AWAITS THE INDICTMENT’’......Page 142
‘‘HALFWAY DOWN THE ROAD, THE BURDEN SNAPS’’......Page 143
‘‘THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE TRUTH, THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE TRUTH’’......Page 144
‘‘CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS CONTRIBUTED MANY VIEWS’’......Page 145
‘‘THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT WAS NOT DUE TO PUBLIC OPINION’’......Page 146
‘‘AND WHAT IF NGUYEN TUNG DUONG’S TWO SONS LOST THEIR FATHER?’’ – THE BATTLE IS JOINED......Page 147
NOTES......Page 154
CHAPTER 6 LAW AND THE REGULATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY: NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, PHILANTHROPY, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE STATE......Page 155
UP FROM AMBIGUITY: THE 1992 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CIRCULAR AND THE OPENING OF CHANNELS......Page 158
FORMAL RECOGNITION IN THE CIVIL CODE......Page 160
THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES......Page 161
THE LONG ROAD TOWARD A LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS IN VIETNAM......Page 163
REGULATING THE EXPANDING ARRAY OF SOCIAL AND CHARITABLE FUNDS......Page 164
THE DECREE ON THE ORGANIZATION, OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ASSOCIATIONS AND IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS......Page 166
TOWARD A LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS......Page 169
KEY REMAINING ISSUES FOR A LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS......Page 171
FIGHTING FOR CIVIL SOCIETY?: THE CONFLICT OVER NONPROFIT LAW IN VIETNAM......Page 177
NOTE......Page 179
CHAPTER 7 TESTING THE LIMITS OF ADVOCACY: THE EMERGENCE OF PUBLIC INTEREST LAW IN VIETNAM......Page 180
LEGAL AID......Page 183
Difficulties in outreach to specially targeted groups and the work conditions for legal aid lawyers and offices......Page 184
The peril of bountiful donors?......Page 185
THE ROAD AHEAD FOR LEGAL AID......Page 187
LAWYERS AND THE LIMITS OF ADVOCACY......Page 189
THE ASSERTION OF ADVOCACY AND ITS LIMITS IN THE CASE OF THE ‘‘GODFATHER OF SAIGON’’......Page 191
ADVOCACY ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAIN: THE ‘‘CASHEW GROVE’’ MURDER CASE......Page 193
FROM CLIENT REPRESENTATION TO COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: SEEKING TO ESTABLISH VIETNAM’S FIRST PUBLIC INTEREST LAW GROUP......Page 197
STRUGGLES WITHIN THE BAR......Page 202
ACCESS TO JUSTICE: LEGAL RESEARCH AND PROGRAMS......Page 203
CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION......Page 205
THE CAUTIOUS RISE OF PUBLIC INTEREST LAW AND ADVOCACY IN VIETNAM......Page 207
NOTES......Page 208
MORE LAW, FEWER RIGHTS?......Page 209
LEGAL MODERNIZATION AND THE DIFFICULT COURSE FOR LAW’S AUTHORITY AND LEGITIMACY......Page 211
THE IMPERFECT PROMISE OF DONOR-SUPPORTED LEGAL REFORM......Page 213
LAW AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHANGING ROLES OF DONOR SUPPORT......Page 214
THE INITIAL FOCUS ON ECONOMIC LAW AND LAWYER RETRAINING......Page 218
FROM ECONOMIC LAW TO INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING......Page 219
THE BROADENING CIRCLE: INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL AND PROSECUTORIAL CAPACITY BUILDING......Page 220
THE COMPLEX ROAD TO LEGAL ‘‘IMPLEMENTATION’’ AND ‘‘ENFORCEMENT’’......Page 223
‘‘ACCESS TO JUSTICE’’ : THE FIRST GATEWAY TO RIGHTS......Page 224
STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF LAWYERS......Page 226
RETHINKING AND EXPANDING THE STRATEGY FOR LEGAL DEVELOPMENT HARMONIZATION......Page 227
THE MAJOR NEW FOCUS ON LEGAL HARMONIZATION......Page 228
ASSESSING FIFTEEN YEARS OF DONOR SUPPORT FOR LEGAL REFORM IN VIETNAM......Page 229
THE ROAD AHEAD FOR DONOR LEGAL SUPPORT IN VIETNAM......Page 233
NOTES......Page 236
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 237
VIETNAMESE NEWSPAPER AND WIRE SERVICE REPORTS......Page 258
INDEX......Page 262