Building a Rule of Law State in Some Countries and Suggestions for Vietnam

Abstract

The paper analyzes the rule of law state model in terms of core ideological values which are universally recognized in certain political, legal, economic, and social conditions of some countries with a long tradition of building the rule of law state, namely, Germany, France, the United States, and the United Kingdom, as well as Russia and China who used to be or are pursuing socialism, respectively. Based on international experience and requirements as well as universal characteristics of the rule of law, some lessons are drawn for state-building in association with the specific context of Vietnam.

(Received 2 August 2022; published 25 November 2022)