Nhân Văn Giai Phẩm on Trial
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12814489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Zinoman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 188-215 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Vietnamese Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1559-372X • E-ISSN: 1559-3738 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/jvs.2016.11.3-4.188 |
| OpenAlex | W2567756635 |
| Language | VI |
| Citations received | 1 |
On January 19, 1960, the People’s Court of Hà Nội of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) staged a show-trial for five defendants accused of participating in the famous domestic political protest movement known as Nhân Văn - Giai Phẩm. The defendants included the well-known political activist Nguyễn Hữu Đang and the celebrated female writer Thụy An, both of whom were found guilty and issued fifteen-year prison sentences. Based on a lengthy report about this case authored by the judge who presided at the trial and only recently unearthed from state archives in Hà Nội, this paper illuminates for the first time the mysterious inner workings of this notorious judicial proceeding. It also sheds light on the nature of Vietnamese communist legal culture and on the relative power of the party and the state during this formative period in the history of the DRV
Communism · Democracy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Prison · State (computer science · Vietnamese · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |