ASIA_NEWS: call for papers, '...Socialist Transforming Vietnam'

[Greg Young]

From: k.taylor at unimelb.edu.au
About: Call for Papers: Conference "Law and Governance: Socialist 
Transforming Vietnam"

CALL FOR PAPERS

Conference
Law and Governance:
Socialist Transforming Vietnam

12 and 13 June 2003

The Asian Law Centre at the University of Melbourne, together with the 
School of Law at Deakin University, is pleased to announce a call for 
papers for a two-day international conference at the University of 
Melbourne on 12 and 13 June 2003.  This conference is generously supported 
by AusAID.

As the conference notice set out below indicates, the convenors aim to 
explore how socialism affects the shape and form of legal change in 
transitional Vietnam.  To date, there has not been an explicit focus on the 
impact of socialism on Vietnams legal reforms and its investigation is timely.

If you wish to present a paper at this conference, please forward your 
abstract and CV via email to Kathryn Taylor (k.taylor at unimelb.edu.au) by 7 
April 2003.

Should you have any queries or require any further information do not 
hesitate to contact the convenors or access the conference website at 
http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/alc/conferences/conf_2003/

Yours sincerely,


Assoc. Prof. John Gillespie                             Dr. Pip 
Nicholson
Law School                                              Associate Director 
(Vietnam)
Deakin University                                       Asian Law Centre
Burwood                                                 University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia                                    Melbourne, Australia



Law and Governance: Socialist
Transforming Vietnam

Hosted by the Asian Law Centre at the
University of Melbourne
and Law School, Deakin University,
Melbourne, Australia

12 and 13 June 2003

Law and Governance: Socialist Transforming Vietnamwill explore how 
socialism affects the shape and form of legal change in transitional 
Vietnam. Although legal reformers and legal change scholarship admit the 
need for politically and culturally sensitive projects, to date there has 
not been an explicit focus on the impact of socialism on Vietnams legal 
reforms.  The convenors believe this investigation is timely.

Contemporary Vietnamese legal reform has focussed on Western models, 
under-exploring local legal culture and de-emphasising analysis of the 
relationship between law and State. The convenors invite a re-invigoration 
of the reform paradigm to debate whether Western-oriented law reform models 
impede local transformative potential.

More particularly, the 1992 Vietnamese Constitution formalised the rhetoric 
of the law-based state.  Reforms have sought to reverse decades of 
socialist central planning and make law the primary regulatory 
instrument.  The pace and direction of this transformation raises many 
questions about appropriate ways of conceiving legal reform.  The convenors 
welcome papers that develop the following themes:

·       Comparative law: socialism in comparative perspective
·       Socialist political structure and modernisation: New paradigms 
accommodating political diversity
·       Party leadership and legal reform
·       State accountability as reform in socialist states
·       Law-based state and judicial reform
·       Corruption and law reform
·       Legal transformation: policy and practice

In short, the conference organisers wish to identify the specific issues 
that make socialist legal transformation different, with an emphasis on the 
Vietnamese experience. Participants are invited to draw on comparative 
work. In particular, it is suggested that analysis of the Vietnamese 
experience will benefit from exploring legal change within China.

Where and When

12 and 13 June 2002

Law School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia
Tel:  613 8344 6847
Fax: 613 8344 4546
For all inquiries about conference logistics contact: k.taylor at unimelb.edu.au

Call for Papers/Invitation to Participate

Invitations have been extended to Vietnam law and policy experts based in 
Vietnam, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Canada, United States of America and 
Australia.

For further information contact http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/alc/conf_2003

If you would like to submit an abstract, contact the convenors at 
p.nicholson at unimelb.edu.au or vietlaw at deakin.edu.au.


The conference organisers thank AusAID for supporting this conference.


Kathryn Taylor
Centre Administrator
Asian Law Centre
Room 0726, Level 7
Melbourne Law School
The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
AUSTRALIA

Ph:  +61-3-8344 6847
Fax: +61-3-8344 4546

Email: k.taylor at unimelb.edu.au
URL: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/alc/

A location map of the Law School is available:
http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/LawSchoolStreetPlan.jpg

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