TITLE:
Research on the Role of Lawyers in Criminal Proceeding under the Provisions of the Vietnamese Criminal Procedure Code 2015
AUTHORS:
Cao Thi Tu Anh, Yingxin Chen
KEYWORDS:
Role of Lawyer, Proceedings, Vietnamese Criminal Procedure Code, Lawyers, Ordinance on Lawyers
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.4 No.10,
October
20,
2016
ABSTRACT: In Vietnam, the role of lawyers in criminal proceeding in general and adversarial in particular, plays an important role in contributes justice, legal rights/benefits protection for the accused or defendants, and assists to solve subjective cases lawfully. Vietnamese Criminal Procedure Code (VCPC) 2015 is established with numerous update regulations, in which they clearly stated and confirmed the upgrade of lawyers’ role in criminal proceeding, especially for adversarial one. This article is launched for discussion on lawyers’ role, especially in adversarial proceeding as per regulations of VCPC 2015, such as Right to enter Criminal proceeding, Equality with Other parties at court, Function of Plea submission for the accused or defendants. Moreover, the author also stated in this article some requirements for ensuring the upgrade of lawyer’s role in criminal proceeding at court.