Can Feminist Legal Theory Transcend Vietnamese Legal Education and Legal Research Towards the Goal of Addressing Women’s Issues?
| Author | Doan Thanh Hai,Doan Thi Phuong Diep,Nguyen Nu Hong Duong |
| Published date | 01 July 2022 |
| Date | 01 July 2022 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/23220058221101984 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Article
Can Feminist Legal Theory
Transcend Vietnamese
Legal Education and Legal
Research Towards the Goal
of Addressing Women’s Issues?
Doan Thanh Hai,1,2,3 Doan Thi Phuong Diep1,2
and Nguyen Nu Hong Duong4
Abstract
This article aims to figure out why feminist legal theory is called for being studied in Vietnam and what
are the possible implications of the movement of adopting feminist legal theory in Vietnam, specifically,
for Vietnamese academia legal education and scholarship. This article first argues that Vietnamese legal
scholarship and education lacks a soul regarding gender-related issues—a feminist insight. This article
points out that finding a feminist legal theory has long been a quest for Vietnamese scholars. It would
follow from this that the recognition and adoption of feminist legal scholarship can have overall positive
impacts on the Vietnamese legal academia and its scholarship and contribute to addressing the need for
gender equality in legal academia and the whole society.
Introduction
On 29 October 2021, the University of Economics and Law (UEL), a member of the Vietnam National
University at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Southeast Asia, Hanoi City,
Vietnam, held the international hybrid conference on feminism, gender and law with an aim to promote
feminist legal theory and gender matters in policy and lawmaking. This opens a great opportunity for
Vietnamese academia and scholars to pay attention to gender and law issues and a not-quite-familiar
terminology—‘feminist legal theory’.
Asian Journal of Legal Education
9(2) 185–199, 2022
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Corresponding author:
Doan Thanh Hai, Faculty of Law, University of Economics and Law, No. 669 National Highway 1, Quarter 3, Linh
Xuan Ward, Thu Duc, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
E-mail: Haidt16503@st.uel.edu.vn
1 Faculty of Law, University of Economics and Law, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
2 Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
3 Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
4 Judicial Academy, Hanoi City, Vietnam.
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