The constitution of Vietnam : a contextual analysis /
Mark Sidel.
- Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2009.
- xiv, 219 p. ; ill. ; 22 cm.
- Constitutional systems of the world .
- Constitutional systems of the world. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-216) and index.
Key themes in Vietnam's constitutions and constitutional debates -- The 1946 constitution : a charter for independence and unity -- The 1959 constitution : a charter for socialism in the North -- The 1980 constitution : a charter for reunification under socialism -- The 1992 constitution : a charter for renovation (doi moi) -- Revising the 1992 constitution : debates and decisions after fifteen years of renovation (doi moi) -- Implementing constitutional guarantees : the problem of associational rights -- The problem of judicial independence in a party-dominated state -- Enforcing the constitution : the debate over 'constitutional protection' and a constitutional court -- Afterword : the future of the Vietnamese constitution.