Law and Society in Vietnam - The Transition From Socialism in Comparative Perspective

Klappentext Sidel examines the struggle to build a rule of law in Vietnam. Zusammenfassung This 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 struggling to pursue an ethos of social equality and opportunity. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Constitutionalism and the emergence of constitutional dialogue in Vietnam; 2. The emerging debate over constitutional review and enforcement in Vietnam; 3. Motorbike constitutionalism: the emergence of constitutional claims in Vietnam; 4. Economic law in the service of globalization: labor law and labor export from Vietnam; 5. Law, the press, and police murder: the trial of Lt. Nguyen Tung Duong; 6. Law and the regulation of civil society: nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, grassroots organizations, and the state; 7. Testing the limits of advocacy: the emergence of public interest law in Vietnam; 8. Donors, law and social justice in Vietnam: the uncertain promise; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Sidel, Mark (University of Iowa) Sidel, Sidel Mark
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2010
• EAN: 9780521152815
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15281-5
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and S; Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Vietnam, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law