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STATE
Legislative power: issue laws
Political Power Govern
Executive power: enforce laws Society within the certain territory
Monarchy (king/queen) Absolute: all state powers belong to king/queen (ex: Brunei, Oman...)
Limited/ Constitutional:
- state powers belong to citizen
Forms
- king/queen head of the state (ex: UK,..)
“Anyone who unintentionally causes the death of another person shall be sentenced to between 6 months and five
years of imprisonment” (Article 98.1, the criminal code)
• Hypothesis: Anyone who unintentionally causes the death of another person
• Disposition: Không được nêu rõ và ở dạng quy định ngầm => Quy định trong trường hợp này là không được vô tình
gây ra cái chết của người khác.
• Sanction: shall be sentenced to between 6 months and five years of imprisonment
“Any person who manufactures or deals in counterfeit medicines for treatment or prevention of diseases shall face
a penalty of 02 - 07 years' imprisonment.” (Article 194, the criminal code)
• Hypothesis: Any person who manufactures or deals in counterfeit medicines for treatment or prevention of diseases
• Disposition: Không được nêu rõ và ở dạng quy định ngầm => Quy định trong trường hợp này là không được buôn
bán thuốc giả để chữa hay phòng bệnh
• Sanction: shall face a penalty of 02 - 07 years' imprisonment
“Before overtaking, a vehicle shall give a signal by means of light or horn; from 22.00 hrs to 5.00 hrs in urban
centers & populous areas, only light signals can be used for this purpose” (Article 14, the law on road traffic)
• Hypothesis: Before overtaking, a vehicle
• Disposition: shall give a signal by means of light or horn; from 22.00 hrs to 5.00 hrs in urban centers & populous
areas, only light signals can be used for this purpose
Supreme law Fundamental rules State State powers • Executive: enforce (Gov)
• Judicial: interpret, adjudicate
(court, prosecutions)
CENTRAL LOCAL
LEVEL LEVEL
1.Suggest / Propose
CENTRAL National 2. Issue decision to appoint/
LEVEL Standing Committees of NA approve result
Assembly
Pay salary
National President
Report
• State judicial body (adjudicate disputes) • Executive body of local people’s council
• 2 levels of adjudication: first instance and appellate courts • Local administrative organ
• 4 structures: supreme, high, provincial & district
• Protect the socialist legislation, the socialist regime,
human and citizenship rights. Notes
Standing committee of the national assembly Ordinance, Resolution (pháp lệnh, nghị quyết)
National president Order, Decision (lệnh, quyết định)
Government(cabinet) Decree (nghị định)
Prime minister Decision
Ministers and head of ministry – level bodies Circular (thông tư)
(Bộ trưởng, Thủ trưởng cơ quan ngang bộ)
Justice council of the supreme people’s court Resolution
(Hội đồng thẩm phán TANDTC)
Chief justice of the supreme people’s court & Circular
Chief of the supreme people’s procuracy
3. According to the constitution 2013, who of the following can vote for the delegates of the people’s councils
A. An 18 year old and above local person
B. An 18 year old and above local Vietnamese citizen
C. A 21 year old and above local Vietnamese citizen
D. None of the above
4. In order to amend criminal codes, the National assembly needs at least approvals of____________.
A. More than half of deputies
B. More than half of attending deputies
C. 2/3 deputies
D. 2/3 attending deputies
5. Which of the following organs have the right to issue legal documents?
A. Government
B. National Assembly
C. National Assembly’s standing committees
D. All of the above
One site has state power • State organ – State organ ( Gov- People’s committees)
Administrative sanctions
Which of the following administrative violator will not bear liability due to force majeure events?
A. Due to fire, a company trading in petrol lost all VAT input and output invoices
B. In order to avoid a motorbike suddenly joining the main road, a car drove into a motorbike lane
C. In order to catch a person who squandered someone s bag by snatching, Thien drove over speed limit.
D. All of above
Case:
On 12th August 2016, Huyen, 16 years old, drove her motorbike with the registered number 61B5 – 3981 from Thu Dau
to Di An, Binh Duong. In front of Ong Cu temple, Thanh who drove an electric bicycle collided with Huyen when he tried to
overtake her. The collapse caused Thanh spinal cord injuries (equal to 8% of health damages) and caused Huyen’s
motorbike to knock on another motorbike nearby within 1 meter which was droved by Khanh, 21 years old. On 12th
December 2016, the head of Di An police station issued a decision to apply administrative sanctions on Huyen since she
caused the accident with Khanh. As is not happy with the decision, Huyen sued the Di An police station to Di An people’s
court
2. Which kind of fault does Huyen commit when she drove her motorbike into Khanh?
3. Which of the following sanctions may Huyen face for her administrative violations?
a. Caution
b. Fine
c. Expulsion
d. None of the above
CRIMINAL LAW Criminal violation = Crime - act described in penal code
2/ Liability capacity
+ Individual Cognition capacity: no mental issue
Age: ≥14 - < 16 (crimes: very serious, extremely serious & intentional crime )
≥ 16 (all crimes)
+Organization (legal person): Commercial - conduct business (not educational or medical org)
Some crime that usually violate environment or economic
4/ At fault
+ Intention Aware of act + Aware of consequences Wish the consequences: direct intention
Not wish consequences: indirect intention
+Unintention aware of act, not aware of consequences => due to over confidence
Not aware of act, not aware of consequences => due to negligence
• Unexpected events
Liability Not fall under exceptional cases • Other cases in Art.29
⚫ Fine
⚫ Suspension of operation (temporary)
Organization ⚫ Shutdown(permanent)
Punishment
Less
serious
Serious
Very
serious
1. Extremely
serious
Time limit of prosecute:
Less serious: 5 years
Serious: 10 years
Very serious: 15 years
Extremely/ particularly serious, life imprisonment, death penalties: 20 years
Note:
- The time limit is not applicable for crimes listed at Article 28, the penal code 2015
Case study:
From January 2021, Nguyen Cao Ba La who was born on 5th Sept 2007 was dating with Phuong Uyen who was born on 6th
March 2013. On 1st June 2021, La invited Uyen to Lam s house to study. After finishing the online class, La and Uyen decided
to stay overnight at Lam s house. At that night, La stayed in the same room with Uyen. La suggested having sexual intercourse
with Uyen. However, Uyen refused because she was afraid of her parents. Instead of respecting his girlfriend s opinion, La
locked the room to stop Uyen coming out. After that, La pushed Uyen falling on the bed and forced her to have sexual
intercourse
2. Which kind of liability will La bear when he had sexual intercourse with Uyen?
a. Criminal liability
b. Administrative liability
c. Civil liability
d. Disciplinary liability
3. Which of the following sanctions may La face for his act?
a. Fine
b. Fixed term imprisonment
c. Sending to reformatory.
d. None of the above
Case study:
At 6 pm on 12th January 2020, when Chinh and Hanh were having dinner with their grandchildren, Kiet, their youngest
children, come and asked for money to buy some drugs. As Hanh said no to him, he shouted and swore at them as usual.
Chinh requested Kiet to let his mother rest since she just recovered from sickness. However, Kiet kept shouting rude words
and picked up a knife in the kitchen. He walked fast to the dining table where Hanh and her grandchildren sit. In anger
and the worrying to be killed by Kiet, Chinh picked a knife and followed him to prevent him from harming Hanh and her
grandchildren. When Kiet walked near the table, he turned back and swore at Chinh as he discovered that Chinh carried
a knife and followed him. As unable to control himself, Chinh slashed Kiet from head to lower body many times until
the knife handle fell off the knife (Chinh chém anh Kiệt nhiều nhát từ đầu xuống hạ bộ cho đến khi cán dao rơi khỏi
dao). He threw the knife and walked into the house. The neighbor took Kiet to hospital and he died on the way.
4. What is the maximum penalty which Chinh may face if he is 76 years old?
a. Life imprisonment
b. 15 years of imprisonment
c. 3 years of imprisonment
d. 2 years of imprisonment