A COMIARATIVE STUDY OF THE SYSTEMS OF REVIEW Œ ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION BY COURTS AND TRBUNALS IN AUSTRALIA AND VIETNAM WHAT VIENAM CAN LEARN FROM AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE Submitted by Nguyen Van Quang LL.M (Hanoi Law University) A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy School of Law Faculty of Law and Management La Trobe University Bundoora, Victoria 3086 Australia April 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACkKnOW LEA SCINCHIS rococo + snaivimnduititiinnding 644 Madan do ggöugg4A006 2401004 11 4 8 TITTLE NEE 18 £ BEHROHSHIROISISSR 1X AG SERIE men. x Table of Abbreviations.6 cccc cece EE nà tin ti ni geen xi Statement OfAUG SAB arcana thuy at EĐDEAAEEAGDEGEEAOE 64405 040999008 FARO AU EEE EEE 18 0008 xII TnfrödUGLEÌON:. 235185 2220250622060 12 225211 2114 dai oo0oSA-80400004 LEA aT 8 8 LATA š R41G80GE001GĐI99130 S® l ]. Introducing Administrative Law Jurisdiction to Vietnam’s People’s Courts: Issues and ProblemS.
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Legal Transplantation: Possible or ImpossIble?. Legal Transplantation: How to Successfully Transplant Law?. ch Km nh tt hi kh 28 and Constitutional Background.-ccc cn nén khe ke 30 Wf<GỔdHGHDH: ii ki ienaki tá g5 tà rà khi hanESGANESES code a Laas ans YÚ R1 E1 Y ET EC E220904908 30 I. Australian Administrative Review Sysfem.
sen nhe nhe 3] A. Historical Development of the Australian Legal System: British Colonial Experience and Common Law Tradiftion. Constitutional Principles Underpinning the Australian Administrative Review SYSf€m. teen renee nn TH nh nh nu35 |.
RESPORSIble COVEMMITIENE: (ác iis sss nàn ng nga sagaEBTAAI707 5 6 400 36 2. Rule of LâW. HH TH nà nee ene nh nh ke Hà 38 3+ LNG: 36PAF4HOH OF POWETS guassnbnnnindiogetotiiootriottnitinDlD kh ta 231 ¥ HƠI40 C. Development of the Australian Administrative Review System: a Historical P€rSD€CEIV€.
Q2 HH ng HH nh kh nh km nh cớ 43 1. Australian Administrative Review System before the 1970s: the Need for RefOrm. ‘New Administrative Law’ and the Australian Administrative ROVICW SYStOM. Vietnamese Administrative Review SySfem.
Historical Background of the Vietnamese Legal System: the History of FOreigii LGTMGHGES. Core Constitutional Principles Underpinning the Vietnamese Administrative Review System: Influences of the Socialist Political and L@p al FACOlO DY cesses «525.252 2 25 prườphgitgtogiGgi0it0SIENGNS30030GSSGG0 444358448422 BH 58 1. Leadership of theCommunist Party of Vietnam. Socialist Legality and a Socialist Law-Based State.
62 3, CONCENTAON OF State POW ES cereccommneesamnwses wane a1 05108 eee66 C. System for Review of Administrative Action in Vietnam. Supervision of the National Assembly and the Local people’s COUTCHS is. Q2 610s HE bố BE Cá 0208636014 bLN)2T/HI800/00001910050840870% 70 2.
Inspection by the State Inspectorate Bodies System. Resolving Complaints and Denunciations: Internal Review of Administrative ACtion. Administrative Adjudication of Courts: Judicial Review of Administrative Action COnGIUSION. 79 Chaiter Three: Models of Administrative Adjudicative Bodies in Australia and WCE «seas cascraceecacaantie ca canmmmommmmmmmenes TS 53 8 SE 5 5E § E8 58 8 8 88 8 3 8 8 ĐS02802IEG009/00000M009 80 ja920109/19 2000775757.
Australian Administrative Adjudicative Bodies. Australian Courts Of Law.cccee cece cece Q n ng HH nu nh ng xa 81 1. Australian Courts of Law and Administrative Law Jurisdiction CASES. cece ccc eeccecessesssececcscscesseceeuucecseeeeesceseuenscesssssuaeaaeeseeeceeets 9] B.
Australian Merits Administrative Tribunals. Conception of Australian Merits Review Tribunals. Structure of the Australian Administrative Tribunal System. Vietnamese Administrative Adjudicative Bodies.
Searching a Relevant Model of Adjudicative Bodies Exercising Administrative Law Jurisdiction: Debates on Models of Administrative Courts tn ietnam. An Independent Administrative Court System. Administrative Courts under the Government. A Semi-Independent Administrative Court System.
Model of Administrative Divisions of the People’s Court B. Vietnamese People’s Courts and Administrative Law Jurisdiction. Supreme People’s Court: the Removal of Original Jurisdiction 3. District People’s Courts: No Administrative Divisions.
Composition of Vietnamese People’s Courts Hearing Administrative NNÉ,.10,1068187 85 BASH DEES kãk:kã LAG DORE ETI š 8 9 SIERAOEREEEISGE 117 1. Participation of People’s ASS€SSOFS. 117 De M NHI RONWG dIIR|ĐiẾSesenssennsptoiorhtrtiteiSIBDNHAINESIREEEESEY N5 8 reer! 119 II. Some Comparative Remarks on the Two Sysfem.
The Two Court Structures Compared: Several Distinctive Features. The Existence of Australian Administrative Tribunals: Unravelling the ®. ngediab suu’dee Ua dtbva alsa ade saiaeS SERRA TART 124 ConCÏUSIOT. cece cece ee eee ee ceueeseeeeecsueeuceseeeeueeeetteenenager 126 Ci:pter Four: Judicially Reviewable Administrative Action under the Laws of Aistralia, 2d: VIGtHA nh 00000.430031:5335538 ba 53 1 9 k KM REE 130 I.
Judicially Reviewable Administrative Action under the Law of Australia. Broad Scope ofJudicially Reviewable Administrative Actions. Ways to Limit the Scope of Judicial Review of Administrative Actions Privative CUS€S. «c1 1t ng nh Hư Hiệt 137 2.
Judicial Limits: the Doctrine of Justiciability.115 LLLLenaRaRRERRRERETRRU EERIE bú £ S š § š ROS 141 Il. Judicially Reviewable Administrative Action under the Law of VASHON ca gee og 250412 1 neamennremmmmmecnssmoe 5» 001 92 ĐHAODBIBIBIGDIBDONNNHOUISDRINSHEDUSNGHEEISB)50PES 1+ Mees 142 A. Adoption of an Enumerative Clause. se cà cớ 142 B.
The Object of Judicial Review of Administrative Action. ‘Administrative Decisions’ and ‘Administrative Acts’ as the Objects of Judicial Review of Administrative Actions of Vietnamese COurfS. Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions of a Legislative Character: the Vietnamese Confext. Broadening the Scope ofJudicial Review of Administrative Actions under the Liaw Of Vietnam.
157 Oe) 116) LES) (0) | a 160 Ciapter Five: Grounds for Judicial Review of Administrative Action under the Law otAustralia and Vietnam. e cence eee eee ng HH nu khe 16] [ntfOUCIOT. An Overview of Grounds for Review under the Laws of Australia and xo 1 —. Commonly Accepted Principles in the Two Jurisdictions.
No Clear-Cut Determination of Detailed Grounds for Review under the Laws of VI€fnam. cee cent eneeeeesseeeeesseteeegeneees 164 1. Lack of Legal Provisions Listing Detailed Grounds for Review "————. ene eee ee ede ee eden eee ene sees eae en eee seseneneeeeeaeeneneeeaees 165 2.
Lack of Related Judicial Interpretations. Lack of Scholarly Ïnfer€St. A Close Analysis of Grounds for Judicial Review of Administrative Actions under the Laws of Australia and Vietnam. Australian Law and Grounds for Judicial Review of Administrative ACEO Pi 01838.
170 NN ốc 00000Ô0000/000ƠÔỨ0ỨÔỨÔỨÔÔÔ Ôn 170 2. ‘Substantive Requirements’ Grounds for Review. ‘Procedural Requirements’ Grounds for Review. ‘Catch-All’ Grounds for ReView.
Grounds for Judicial Review of Administrative Action in the 'Wietriainiese: Legal ‘COMERts csccerasramarersmcernpiencemmiewieeeaesiewowesnsinys + eereeyenene 186 1. ‘Substantive Requirements’ Grounds for Review. ‘Procedural Requirements’ Grounds for Review. Improving Vietnamese Law In Relation to Grounds for Judicial Review of Administrative ACtion.
Framework Legal Provisions for Grounds for Review. What Grounds for Review Vietnam Should Not Adopt: the Case of “*Unreasonablen€SS”.-‹-ccccnnn esse n HS kê204 B. Enhancing the Role of the People’s Supreme Court in Making Judicial 0c2z2za1119 72277. Call for the Adoption ofa Doctrine of Precedent.
207 CONCIUSI Of sa si oz các 0n 065 5 14 644 5 aaau ane en eo mmenemammene yes oo š 4 EGI8G0/S1B0000300000/9938 212 Chapter Six: Powers of Australian and Vietnamese Courts in Judicial Review of Administrative AC{ÏOP. c0 cnn reece eee HH HH ng HH HT ng in ki ki kh. Common Principle Underpinning Powers of Courts in Judicial Review of Administrative ACtiONn.cccceeeeccee ccc eeeeeseeeceeeeeeeseeenesenaas 215 B. Powers of Australian Courts to Issue Final Orders of Review: Overlapping Classes Of REMCGIGS scsiis.cccs iiss ss eoomwemamamaneen ox ca en ens 0E217 1.
Orders Quashing or Setting aside Decisions (Certiorari). Orders Restraining Administrators (Prohibition and Injunction) seix2/4 3. Orders Requiring Administrators to Perform Duties (Mandamus Afid Tis. EqQHÌVMIGTĂBjasveeiaaden tk cone 4 > vewmmemnnnemrone on cv PK PEEEMEO 225 4.-- «cà cà sen 228 Do DDHITBEBa teas tì ty nà phang phông HH0 D4005 5 6 Y PSIOEICIESEIDENOIIHSISUIER 229 C.
Powers of Vietnamese Courts to Issue Final Orders of Review. Some Historical Background to the Process of Drafting the Ordinance for Procedures Resolving Administrative Cases. Judicial Interpretations of the Supreme People’s Court of 3. Final Orders of Review Made by Vietnamese Courts.
DoD II Interim Orders of Review under the Laws of Australia and Vietnam: Similarities between (he Two SysleiiSicnccmencnenerans sess enewsweemmmmmerces sree es 239 III. Exercise of Judicial Discretion to Grant Orders of Review. Discretion of Australian Courts to Grant Orders of Review. Vietnamese Courts and Discretionary Powers to Issue Orders of Review: Should Vietnamese Courts Be Vested with the Discretion to Graft Firial Orders Of REVIEW 2 xx.EUSG88i0EG530500180338 247 Oey Ce) LCE (0)) cc 252 Chipter Seven: Towards a Well-Functioning Administrative Review System in Vienam: Proposed Reform.z:tisienenne «55224 ccc E0GGGHENGRRSAAR TA5ENETS ET OE 8S 4 5 8£ €8 b SIGSHDMTHIOH/0Đ207 253 I.
Current Channels of Resolutions for Administrative Disputes in Vietnam: Revealing the Shortcomings.-- --sc c HH HS HỲ HH He HH như xa 256 A. Resolving Complaints and Denunciations: the Question of Reliability %. ch nh nen 265 3. Enforcement of Administrative Judgments.
Dependence of Local Courts on Local Governments: the Question of Judicial Independence. Administrative Judges: the Question of Expertise. Enhancing the Effectiveness of Administrative Adjudication of Vietnamese Cotirts: Several Proposals: « i sua sang gu 2n 01g10 165 6 E5 kg 4 Si 4. Restructuring Vietnam’s Court System: the Model of Regional Courts ¬ cee eencecnceeeeeeeenncceeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeseeeee senses seeeeeees yeas eeetsneeaeees 280 1.
Initial Ideas of the Model. Expanding the Scope of Judicially Reviewable Administrative Decisions: Choosing an Appropriate Way for the Current Vietnamese ®9 11. Amendment of Some Procedural Legal Provisions: a Careful I® 9)11-1141-)y:1519)gtaaaááảá4đ4ẢắẮ. A Model of Administrative Tribunals in Vietnam: Some Australian Ideas.
Vietnamese Administrative Tribunals: Some Initial Ideas. Vietnamese Administrative Tribunals: a Justification for the Proposal Model of Land Tribunals (co quan tai phan ve dat dai).ccccecceee eee e ents eee enee en se 302 CORE] W810 iccnasawsnasmmanunsnans 64 << gã0tIgi00ã0SiNHERIGIMM1S8I3I8'25BiS06 5 5 § S 1 § § š X een EGEUSESDTĐER305 €ẽfipral C on£ÏuSÏöiri. Understanding the Context: Reforming the Vietnamese Administrative Review System in the Vietnamese Conditions. «cà Sàn se.
Proposed Reforms of the Vietnamese Administrative Review System: Adopting Australian Ideas Given the Vietnamese Conditions. Model of Vietnamese Administrative Adjudicative Bodies: Courts and Merits Review TribunalS. Gradually Extending the Scope of Judicially Reviewable Administrative Action: an Appropriate Solution for Vietnam. Adopting Detailed Rules Relating to the Judicial Review of Administrative Action: What Could Australian Experience Suggest to Vietnamese Law-ÌMak€rFS7.
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Without such a kind support, | would not be able to complete this theiis. | also would like to thank the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), the International Centre of Excellence in Asia-Pacific Studies (ICEAPS) at the Autralian Naicnal University (ANU) and the Asian Law Centre (ALC) at the University of Mdbourne for providing me with opportunities to present my work. ] owe a particular debt of gratitude to my supervisors, Associate Professor, Dr. Spencer Zifcak and Associate Professor, Dr.
Roger Neil Douglas who spent a great deal of tine, energy and patience in helping me to clarify issues and shape ideas, reading Vatious earlier drafts of my thesis, and giving me insightful comments.