Diverging Trends in the Socialist Constitutionalism of the People's Republic of China and Socialist Republic of Vietnam

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Hualing Fu

The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law

Jason Buhi

Barry University - Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law

Date Written: July 29, 2017

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview to comparative study of Sino-Vietnamese comparative constitutionalism by exploring the bases of three core, substantive pillars of socialist constitutionalism through the Sino-Vietnamese comparison: insistence on Party leadership, reliance on socialist rule of law, and adaptation to populism. After considering several examples of how constitutional rules are currently operating through political and popular constitutionalism in all three areas, we conclude that Vietnam is presently moving in a direction offering more prospects for convergence with international norms, as the current Vietnamese Party-state is relatively less politically monolithic, more open to the influence of international laws, and more tolerant of civil society than its Chinese counterpart. That being the case, we predict that Vietnam will likely continue to depart from the increasingly insular Chinese model of constitutional development for the foreseeable future.

Suggested Citation

Fu, Hualing and Buhi, Jason, Diverging Trends in the Socialist Constitutionalism of the People's Republic of China and Socialist Republic of Vietnam (July 29, 2017). Peking University School of Transnational Law Research Paper No. 17-8, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017/015, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3010724 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3010724

Hualing Fu (Contact Author)

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Jason Buhi

Barry University - Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law ( email )

6441 East Colonial Drive
Orlando, FL 32807
United States

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