TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE ........................................................................................... ................... 1

READINGS

READING 1. STATE AND LAW ..................................................... . .................. 2

1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION.......................................................... ................... 2
1.1. RULES AND LAWS .................................................................... ................... 3
1.2. NON – LEGAL RULES ................................................................ ................... 3
1.3. LEGAL RULES ............................................................................ ................... 4
1.4. RULES AND RITES ..................................................................... ................... 5
2. A LEGAL SYSTEM ....................................................................... ................... 5
2.1. TYPES OF LAW ........................................................................... ................... 5
2.1.1. Statute or Common Law ............................................................. ................... 7
2.1.2. Criminal or Civil Law ................................................................ ................... 9
2.1.3. Substantive and Procedural Law................................................ ................... 10
2.1.4. Public and Private Law .............................................................. ................... 11
2.2. PARLIAMENT AS LAW - MAKER ........................................... ................... 11
2.2.1. History of the British Parliament ............................................... ................... 11
2.2.2. The Westminster model ............................................................... ................... 12
2.2.3. Parliament in Australia .............................................................. ................... 12
2.2.4. The Constitution ......................................................................... ................... 13
2.3. SEPERATION OF POWER .......................................................... ................... 14
3. LAW IN US ..................................................................................... ................... 15
3.1. CONSTITUTIONS ........................................................................ ................... 16
3.2. STATUTES ................................................................................... ................... 17
3.3. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW ........................................................... ................... 18
3.4. OTHER SOURCES OF LAW....................................................... ................... 18

READING 2. CIVIL LAW IN VIETNAM ...................................... ................... 19

CIVIL CODE OF VIETNAM IN 2005 ................................................ ................... 19
PART ONE: GENERAL PROVISIONS ................................................................ 19
Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ..................................................................... 19
Chapter II: ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE AND PROTECTION OF CIVIL
RIGHTS .................................................................................................................... 20
Chapter III: NATURAL PERSONS ......................................................................... 22
Chapter IV: JURIDICAL PERSONS ....................................................................... 39
Chapter V: THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, CENTRAL AND LOCAL
REGULATORY AGENCIES IN CIVIL RELATIONS .......................................... 44
Chapter VI: HOUSEHOLDS, CO-OPERATIVE GROUPS AND OTHER NON-
JURIDICAL PERSONS IN CIVIL RELATIONS ................................................... 45
Chapter VII: PROPERTY ........................................................................................ 46
Chapter VIII: CIVIL TRANSACTIONS ................................................................. 48
Chapter IX: REPRESENTATION ........................................................................... 52
Chapter X: TIME LIMITS AND LIMITATION PERIODS ................................... 55
PART TWO: OWNERSHIP RIGHTS AND OTHER PROPERTY-RELATED
RIGHTS ................................................................................................................... 59
Chapter XI: GENERAL PROVISIONS ................................................................... 59
Chapter XII: POSSESSION ..................................................................................... 64
Chapter XIII: OWNERSHIP RIGHTS ..................................................................... 65
Chapter XIV: OTHER PROPERTY-RELATED RIGHTS ..................................... 78
PART THREE: OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS .......................................... 83
Chapter XV: GENERAL PROVISIONS ................................................................. 83
Chapter XVI: COMMON CONTRACTS ................................................................ 115
Chapter XVII: PROMISES OF REWARDS AND PRIZE COMPETITIONS ....... 143
Chapter XVIII: PERFORMANCE OF ACTS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION .... 144
Chapter XIX: OBLIGATIONS TO RETURN PROPERTY DUE TO UNLAWFUL
POSSESSION OR USE OF PROPERTY OR DERIVING OF BENEFITS FROM
PROPERTY .............................................................................................................. 145
Chapter XX: LIABILITY FOR COMPENSATION FOR NON-CONTRACTUAL
DAMAGES .............................................................................................................. 147
PART FOUR: INHERITANCE .............................................................................. 153
Chapter XXI: GENERAL PROVISIONS ................................................................ 153
Chapter XXII: INHERITANCE UNDER WILLS ................................................... 156
Chapter XXIII: INHERITANCE AT LAW ............................................................. 162
Chapter XXIV: SETTLEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATES................ 163
PART FIVE: CIVIL RELATIONS INVOLVING FOREIGN ELEMENTS ....... 165
Chapter XXV: GENERAL PROVISIONS .............................................................. 165
Chapter XXVI: THE LAW APPLIED TO NATURAL PERSONS AND JURIDICAL
PERSONS ................................................................................................................. 167
Chapter XXVII: THE LAW APPLIED TO PROPERTY RELATIONS AND
PERSONAL RELATIONS ...................................................................................... 168
PART SIX: IMPLEMENTATION ......................................................................... 171

READING 3. INTERNATIONAL LAW ......................................... ................... 172

1. WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL LAW ........................................... ................... 172
2. THE MAKING OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ........................... ................... 173
3. SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ................................... ................... 174
3.1. TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS ............................................. ................... 174
3.2. CUSTOM....................................................................................... ................... 175
3.3. GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND JUS COGENS ........................... ................... 177
4. THE SCOPE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN ACTUAL PRACTICE ...... 178
4.1. THE PRACTICE IN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS ............. ................... 178
4.2. THE PRACTICE IN MUNICIPAL COURTS .............................. ................... 178
5. INTERNATIONAL PERSONS .................................................... ................... 179
5.1. STATES......................................................................................... ................... 179
5.2. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ..................................... ................... 183
6. THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW ..... 184
7. COMPARISON OF MUNICIPAL LEGAL SYSTEMS ............ ................... 185
7.1. THE ROMANO – GERMANIC CIVIL LAW SYSTEM............. ................... 186
7.2. THE ANGLO – AMERICAN COMMON LAW SYSTEM......... ................... 189
7.3. THE ISLAMIC LAW SYSTEM ................................................... ................... 191
TUTORIAL
TUTORIAL FOR TOPIC 1 ............................................................... ................... 192
TUTORIAL FOR TOPIC 2 ............................................................... ................... 194
TUTORIAL FOR TOPIC 3 ............................................................... ................... 196