untouchability, 346 , 365 , 367 – 8 , 371 , 373
USDA (Union Solidarity and Development
Association), 228
USDP (Union Solidarity and Development
Party), 228
USSRseeSoviet Union.
validity, 27 , 67 , 224 , 239 , 258 , 320 , 330
constitutional, 257 , 354 , 363 – 4
values, 10 – 11 , 68 , 170 , 182 , 368 , 399 – 401 , 410
Asian, 3 , 33 – 4 , 45 – 8 , 51 , 413
common, 377 , 389
core, 7 , 193
liberal, 8 , 215 , 333
religious, 334 , 341
symbolic, 38 , 283
universal, 332 , 372
Venezuela, 409
Venice Commission, 396 , 409
vested interests, 90 , 190 , 269 , 349
vice-presidents, 27 , 200 , 226 – 8 , 233 – 4 , 296 , 314 ,
324 – 5
Vietnam, 4 , 17 , 22 – 3 , 30 , 33 , 40 – 1 , 194 – 218
2001 constitutional amendment, 196 – 207
contents of amendment, 197 – 203
implementation of revised constitution, 204
reasons for amendment, 196 – 7
clarification of political institutions’ functions
and relationships, 211
Communist Party, 194 – 6
constitutional protection, 209 – 11
constitutional rights protection, 206 – 7
control of state powers, 209
court system reorganization, 213 – 15
doi moi, 22 , 37 , 196 – 8 , 200 , 208
draft revised constitution, 216 – 17
economic and social reform, 203
Hanoi, 40 , 206 , 213
Ho Chi Minh, 40 , 195 , 205 – 6
human rights, 195 , 208 , 215 – 18
judicial review, 206 , 209 , 211 , 216
kiem sat chung, 202 , 212 – 13
opening of national elections, 204
planned further constitutional amendments,
207 – 17
procuracies, 196 , 201 – 2 , 212 – 13 , 217
representative democracy changes, 204 – 6
socialist rule of law state and distribution of
powers, 198 – 9
Supreme Court, 200 , 202 , 211 , 213 – 14
vote of confidence mechanism, 199
violence, 130 , 138 , 241 , 258 , 274 , 284 , 338
domestic, 350 , 358
organised, 258 , 260
voters, 8 , 26 , 83 , 149 , 224 , 336 – 8 , 341
voting, 71 , 205 , 224 , 237 , 330 , 382 – 3Wang Zhicai case, 138
war, 18 , 22 – 4 , 57 – 8 , 61 – 2 , 230 , 386
renunciation of, 18 , 58 , 64
war potential, 59 – 61
war responsibility, 52 , 74
warrantless arrests, 299 – 301
watchlist Orders, 317 – 18
Watson, Alan, 405 , 407
withdrawal of loyalty, 297
women, 88 , 334 , 346 – 8 , 350 , 357 – 8 , 367 – 8 , 373 – 4
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, 248
World Trade OrganizationseeWTO.
World War IIseeSecond World War.
WTO (World Trade Organization), 128 , 135 , 143 ,
155 – 6 , 168 , 393
Wu Shu-Chen, 148Yang di-Pertuan Agong, 245 , 257 , 263
yellow shirts, 24 , 240 – 1
Yingluck Shinawatra, 24 , 241
Yong Vui Kong case, 286 – 7
Yudhoyono, President, 28 , 337 , 342Zimbabwe, 409
Zoelva, Hamdan, 334