The constitution of Vietnam: a contextual analysis
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This new book examines constitutional
debate and development in one of the most dynamic and rapidly changing societies
in Asia, and will be of use to scholars and students of comparative law,
comparative constitutional law and Asian law, and practitioners interested in
Asia or in Vietnam. The book discusses and analyses the historical development,
principles, doctrines and debates which comprise and shape Vietnamese
constitutional law today, during a time of reform and debate. The chapters are
written in sufficient detail for anyone coming to the subject for the first time
to develop a clear and informed view of how the constitution is arranged, how it
works, and the main points of debate on it in Vietnamese society. It is written
in an accessible style, with an emphasis on clarity and concision. The book
discusses and analyses the origins of Vietnamese constitutional thought; the
first (1946) Constitution of independent Vietnam; Constitutional dialogue and
debate in the late 1940s and 1950s, including the work of dissidents in the
1950s; the 1959 Vietnamese Constitution; constitutional dialogue and debate in
the 1960s and 1970s; the 1980 Constitution; the rise of doi moi (renovation) and
debates over constitutionalism in the 1980s; the 1992 Constitution, including
the role of legislative, executive and judicial sectors, constitutional power
and enforcement, constitutional rights and obligations, and other issues;
constitutional dialogue and debate in the 1990s; the constitutional debate and
revision process of 2001 and the current Vietnamese Constitution the rise of
debate over judicial independence and constitutional enforcement and review in
Vietnam; comparison to constitutional developments and debates in China;
constitutions and constitutional issue in the former South Vietnam; the links
and tensions between state and party constitutions; and concluding analysis of
60 years of the development of Vietnam's Constitution and
constitutionalism.
