Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- I. Traditions -- A Brief History of the Idea of the State of Law and Its Basic Indicators -- Thoughts and Policies on Governing the People under the Ly-Tran and the Early Le Dynasties: Experiences and Historical Lessons -- Some Signs of a State of Law in Vietnam in the Monarchical Time -- The French “État legale” in Vietnam. Between Legal Pluralism and Police State -- II. Theoretical Reflections -- Separation of Powers in Pre-modern Western Political Thought and the Building of the State of Law in Vietnam -- Rousseau’s Thoughts on the Division and Control of State Power. A Comparison with Montesquieu’s Model -- Ruling with Law. On the Significance of Rules of Organization and Procedure -- III. Global Trends and Challenges -- The Rule of Law and the Emergence of Market Exchange: A New Institutional Economic Perspective -- The Rule of Law in the Global Development of Constitutionalism -- Rule of Law and Global Governance -- IV. Contemporary Debates -- State Reformation and Improvement – towards a Vietnamese State of Law -- The Issue of the Rule of Law in Vietnam in the Constitution of 2013 -- The State of Law and the Creation of a Human Rights Culture -- The Development of the Civil Society and the Socialist Law-based State in Vietnam -- Anti-Corruption from the Perspective of Ho Chi Minh’s Ideology: Towards a Vietnamese Rule of Law -- Rule of Law and Codes of Trust. Interdependencies between Legal and Social Institutions: A Case Study of China -- The Role of the Press in the Construction of a Legitimate State in Vietnam Today -- On the Civil Society and the State of Law in Vietnam -- The State of Law in Vietnam: Understandings, Prospects and Challenges -- List of Tables