Plea bargain in French criminal procedure law and reference value for Vietnam

Abstract

Plea bargain is a new regime in French criminal procedure law, adopted from the adversarial criminal procedure model and adapted to suit the inquisitorial criminal procedure model. This article studies the plea bargain regime in French criminal procedure law and its reference value for Vietnam, a country that is similar to France in using the inquisitorial criminal procedure model and is ready to learn the essence of the adversarial criminal procedure model where suitable.