The Development of the Civil Society and the Socialist Law-based State in Vietnam

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Introduction 9
4. I. Traditions
5. A Brief History of the Idea of the State of Law and Its Basic Indicators 17
6. Thoughts and Policies on Governing the People under the Ly-Tran and the Early Le Dynasties: Experiences and Historical Lessons 35
7. Some Signs of a State of Law in Vietnam in the Monarchical Time 55
8. The French “État legale” in Vietnam. Between Legal Pluralism and Police State 67
9. II. Theoretical Reflections
10. Separation of Powers in Pre-modern Western Political Thought and the Building of the State of Law in Vietnam 97
11. Rousseau’s Thoughts on the Division and Control of State Power. A Comparison with Montesquieu’s Model 111
12. Ruling with Law. On the Significance of Rules of Organization and Procedure 127
13. III. Global Trends and Challenges
14. The Rule of Law and the Emergence of Market Exchange: A New Institutional Economic Perspective 143
15. The Rule of Law in the Global Development of Constitutionalism 173
16. Rule of Law and Global Governance 185
17. IV. Contemporary Debates
18. State Reformation and Improvement – towards a Vietnamese State of Law 199
19. The Issue of the Rule of Law in Vietnam in the Constitution of 2013 215
20. The State of Law and the Creation of a Human Rights Culture 231
21. The Development of the Civil Society and the Socialist Law-based State in Vietnam 247
22. Anti-Corruption from the Perspective of Ho Chi Minh’s Ideology: Towards a Vietnamese Rule of Law 257
23. Rule of Law and Codes of Trust. Interdependencies between Legal and Social Institutions: A Case Study of China 275
24. The Role of the Press in the Construction of a Legitimate State in Vietnam Today 309
25. On the Civil Society and the State of Law in Vietnam 325
26. The State of Law in Vietnam: Understandings, Prospects and Challenges 343
27. List of Tables 361