Overview

This publication is a world first: an English-language history of the Vietnamese court system (1945 to 2005). Drawing on a resurgent interest in comparative law generally and legal culture in particular, the publication tests the usefulness of legal culture to the investigation of dynamic court systems within socialist states. It argues that the Vietnamese 'borrowing' of the Soviet system of dispute resolution did not reproduce courts Soviet-style in Vietnam. Rather, the reading of Vietnamese courts in context reveals that while the Soviet model of court system was transplanted it was remoulded to assume Vietnamese characteristics. In explaining this divergence, the publication explores why the Vietnamese court system differs from its Soviet parent and analyses the implications of this for the ever-increasing literature on legal transplantation.

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Author:   Penelope Nicholson
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   10
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.802kg
ISBN:  

9789004156319

ISBN 10:   9004156313
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   22 June 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction; Roots and Routes; Part One: Comparative Law, Transplantation and Courts; (I) Comparative Law in a Post-Modern World; Part Two: Dispute Resolution in the DRVN: 1945 - 1976; Translating the Vietnamese System of Dispute Resolution: 1945 - 1959; (II) Vietnamese Courts Introduced: 1945 - 1959; (III) Dispute Resolution between 1959 - 1976: Changing Relations between Committees and Courts; (IV) Courts in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam between 1959 - 1976: The Legislative Scheme and Centralisation; (V) Courts in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam between 1959 - 1976: Court Culture; Part Three: Courts of the USSR and DRVN Compared; (VI) The Soviet Union and its Courts; (VII) Soviet Dispute Resolution; (VIII) Similarities and Differences between the Soviet Court Model and the Vietnamese Court Experience; Part Four: The Role of Legal Culture; Similarities and Differences between the Courts of the USSR and the DRVN: Unraveling the Causes; (XI) Parenting: The Soviet Union and Vietnam; (XII) Contemporary Vietnamese Courts; Appendices; Bibliography.

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Penelope (Pip) Nicholson, Ph.D. (2000) in Philosophy, University of Melbourne, is a senior lecturer in law at the Law School, University of Melbourne and Associate Director (Vietnam) of the Law School's Asian Law Centre. She publishes on Vietnamese law, legal change and comparative law in Asia.

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