Legal Reforms in China and Vietnam A Comparison of Asian Communist Regimes

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Synopsis

Although the adoption of market reforms has been a key factor leading to China’s recent economic growth, China continues to be governed by a communist party and has a socialist-influenced legal system. Vietnam, starting later, also with a socialist-influenced legal system, has followed a similar reform path, and other countries too are now looking towards China and Vietnam as models for development. This book provides a comprehensive, comparative assessment of legal developments in China and Vietnam, examining similarities and differences, and raising important questions such as: Is there a distinctive Chinese model, and/or a more general East Asian Model? If so, can it be flexibly applied to social and economic conditions in different countries? If it cannot be applied to a culturally and politically similar country like Vietnam, is the model transportable elsewhere in the world? Combining ‘micro’ or interpretive methods with ‘macro’ or structural traditions, the book provides a nuanced account of legal reforms in China and Vietnam, highlighting the factors likely to promote, change or resist the spread of the Chinese model.

Book details

Series:
Routledge Law in Asia
Author:
John Gillespie, Albert H.Y. Chen
ISBN:
9781136978432
Related ISBNs:
9780203852699, 9780415561044, 9780415561044, 9781138979673, 9781138979673
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
378
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-03-27
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2016
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Nonfiction, Social Studies