Educating legal awareness for university students in the mid central provinces in the current period

Purpose: Clarifying legal awareness and its relationship with other forms of social awareness, clarifying legal awareness education and its importance for students; identifying the real

INTRODUCTION

1 The need of the study

As a form of social awareness, it was born and existed together with class society, legal awareness plays a more increasingly important role

in social development It reflects economic relations of society, first of which is social relations shown in law system The extent and effectiveness of the impact of legal awareness on social life partly depends on the spread and propagation of legal awareness on people in society, in general and students, in particular, in both breadth and depth side In order to build the law governed state successfully, the legal enforcement is important, however, the process of interpretation, guidance, promulgation, education and implementation of the Constitution and the law system There is a need to clarify that: “the dissemination, legal education must be conducted regularly, continually and at a higher level in order to help officials and citizens understand correctly and strictly obey the law to meet the requirements of forming a socialist law governed state of the citizens, by the people, for the people"1

In class society, most of higher education institutions must carry out educating legal awareness as: "Legal education in the educational institutions of the national system needs to be integrated in the curriculum of all levels of education and training; and it is a content in teaching programs at lower secondary education, high school, vocational education, higher education”2

Educating legal awareness in non law - majored universities is one of the measures or ways to educating legal awareness, in general and legal life, in particular Its task is to contribute to the training of students having good political and moral qualities a; comprehensive professional

1 Central of secretariat, Directive No.32-CT/TW dated 12.09.2003 on enhancing the Party's leadership in the dissemination, legal education, raising people’s and personnel’s awareness of obey law, in 2003, page.1

2 Parliament of Viet Nam socialist republic, Common law, legal education, Nxb the National

Political Publishing house, Ha Noi, 2012, page 8

knowledge, basically practical skills; the ability to work independently, being creative; living and working in accordance with the Constitution and law

Mid-Central provinces are now having many favorable conditions for socio-economic development but it is still a limited area with a number

of shortcomings and weaknesses in most fields More than ever, educating legal awareness for students in the universities in this region should be paid more proper attention to high-quality human resource development to serve socio-economic development, contribute to the process of industrialization and modernization of the country in general and of the Mid-Central provinces, in particular

Due to these above reasons, the authors decided to choose the theme:

“Educating legal awareness for university students in the Mid-Central

Provinces in the current period” as the subject of his philosophical

doctoral thesis with the hope of studying deeply legal awareness issue and can work out some measures to contribute to improve the legal awareness education for university students in the Mid-Central provinces

in the current period

2 The purpose and duties of the research

2.1 Purpose:

Clarifying legal awareness and its relationship with other forms of social awareness, clarifying legal awareness education and its importance for students; identifying the reality, some issues, orientations, solutions and recommendations to improve the quality of legal awareness education for university students in the Mid-Central provinces nowadays

2.2 Duties:

- Analyzing definition, content, structure, functions and role of legal awareness; its relationship with other forms of social awareness; content, methods, forms and requirements of enhancing legal awareness education for university students nowadays

- Analyzing and evaluating the impact factors, the achieved results, the inadequacies, the causes of limitations in recent years; raising the necessary requirements in educating legal awareness for students in the Mid-Central provinces in the coming time

- Proposing orientations, solutions and recommendations to related parties in order to improve the effectiveness of educating legal awareness for university students in the Mid-Central provinces today

3 Subjects and scope of the research

3.1 Subjects of the research: Legal awareness is considered as a form

of social awareness in class society; legal awareness is a fundamental attribute of the competence and characteristics of students; educating legal awareness for students in the period of accelerated industrialization and modernization in the Mid-Central provinces today

3.2 Scope of the research

- Legal awareness is studied under the perspective of historical materialism and legal awareness education for full-time students in the universities in the Mid-Central provinces currently

- Educating legal awareness for student is related to many factors such as socio-economic resources; contents, programs, methods, forms and subjects of the education system in which, the author focuses on analyzing the factors that play a crucial role such as: law staff; contents, programs, methods of teaching and learning law subjects

- The survey results of legal awareness education for students, the author draws general remarks, is the basis for the proposed orientations and solutions

- Research data was obtained from 13 universities The data is updated mainly upto 2013, the study period lasted from 2010 till today

4 Theoretical basis and research method

4.1 Theoretical basis: The main theoretical basis of the thesis is

dialectical materialism and historical materialism, Ho Chi Minh’s

ideology, our Party and Government’s viewpoints on legal awareness and legal awareness education

4.2 Research Methodology: The doctoral thesis applied some of the

most common research methods such as: the logical and historical methods; comparison and contrast; analysis and synthesis; sociological investigation; evaluation methodology and document analysis

5 New scientific contributions of the thesis

Firstly, this doctoral dissertation helps to clarify the theoretical basis

of legal awareness, the relationship between legal awareness and rule of law awareness, educating legal awareness for students and the urgency

to strengthening it as a current demand in our country

Secondly, it also helps identify the impact factors, evaluate the reality

of educating legal awareness for students in universities in the Central provinces recently and then raise some issues in educating legal awareness for students in this areas in the current period

Mid-Thirdly, it propose orientations, measures and some suggestions for

related parties to improve the quality of legal awareness education for university students in the in the Mid-Central provinces in the future

6 The significance of the thesis

6.1 Scientific significance of the thesis

- To contribute to deepen the theoretical background related to social awareness forms of Marxist-Leninist philosophy; definition, content, structure and role of legal awareness; the relationship between it and other social awareness

- To contribute to the deepening of the Viet Nam Communist Party’s viewpoint on enhancing legal awareness education to meet the requirements of forming socialist and law governed state and radical and comprehensive innovation in higher education today

6.2 Practical significance of the thesis

- Provide theoretical and practical basis, orientation, solutions and recommendations to improve the effectiveness of educating legal awareness for students

- The doctoral thesis can be used as a reference for those study and teach philosophy, jurisprudence, subjects related to Social Sciences and Humanities; it can also be useful reference for managers, lecturers, university students, who promulgate and popularize law

7 The structure of the research

Besides required content, my dissertation consists of three main parts: Introduction, Content and conclusion which is clarified in 4 chapters and 11 sections

Chapter 1 LITERATURE REVIEW

1.1 Studies related to legal awareness and legal awareness education for students as a current requirement in our country

“The formation of conscious socialist law of individuals” by KIBelxki (1982), “The scientific basis for the development of

consciousness and lifestyle according to the law” (Program KX.07.17,

Institute of State and Law, 1995), “Law, politic, morality, and social

legal awareness” by IV Diuriagin (1996), “The Spirit of the Laws” by

Mongtexkio (1996), “Discussion of social contract” by Rutxo (2004),

“The characteristics of the process of forming legal awareness in

Vietnam today” by Dao Duy Tan (2000), “Some features of legal consciousness Vietnam” by Nguyen Thuy Van (2001), “The formation and development of legal awareness of the people in Mekong delta in terms of innovation in Vietnam now” by Ho Viet Tiep (2002), “The relationship between democracy and law” by Hoang Chi Bao and Tong

Duc Thao (2011), “Legal education or legal awareness education” by

Ngo Van's (2012) The dissertation continues to further clarify these issues:

- The definition, structure, functions and role of legal awareness; the relationship between legal awareness and law governed awareness and other forms

- The definition of legal awareness education and legal awareness education for students; subjects, objects, features, objectives, content, forms and methods of educating legal awareness for university students

- The role of legal awareness education for students as a requirement

of forming socialist law governed state and renovating higher education

in our country nowadays

1.2 Studies related to the reality and existed issues in legal awareness education for students in Mid-Central provinces

“The law and the state’s management” by Minogue Martin (1993),

“Construction a lifestyle obeying to the law from the perspective of

traditional history, building awareness and lifestyle according to the law” by Vu Minh Giang (1995), “Increasing legal awareness for administrative staff” by Le Dinh Khien (2002), “Democracy: state and society” by NM Voskresenskaia and NB Davletshina (2009), “Some theoretical and practical issues of legal education in the innovation”

(Project of Ministry, Ministry of Justice, 2009), “Legal awareness with

the implementation of democracy in rural areas in Vietnam today” by

Le Xuan Huy (2010), “Human rights, the rights of citizens in the

socialist law governed state in Vietnam” by Tran Ngoc Tang (2011),

“Legal policy and legal awareness in Vietnam” by Nguyen Nhu Phat,

“Comprehensive and fundamental innovation in training in the

universities to meet the needs of industrialization and modernization” by

Dang Van America (2011), “Educating law for administrative staff and

civil servants in the context of forming socialist law governed state Vietnam” by Nguyen Quoc Suu.vv

The thesis further clarifies the issue: the some factors related to conditions of this area which has impact on legal awareness education for university students in the Mid-Central provinces; the reality of legal

awareness education in the universities in the Mid- Central provinces in recent time; the existed issues raised in the legal awareness education for university students in the Mid-Central provinces in the current period

1.3 The works related to the orientations and measures to improve the quality of legal awareness education for students in Mid-Central provinces

“Educating legal awareness in universities, professional schools and

vocational training (not specialized in law) in our country today” by

Dinh Xuan Thao (1996), “The reality and solutions to prevent law

violations among students” by Dang Thanh Ngoc, “Developing high quality human resources for priority economic regions in the Middle area” by Ho Tan Sang (2011), “Training human resources for economic development for priority economic regions in the context of international economic integration” by Bui Quang Binh (2011), “The role of law in the forming of morality for political leaders in Vietnam today” by Nguyen Thi Thu Huong (2012), “The role of youth in disseminating and educating legality” by Central of Ho Chi Minh

Communist Youth Union (2012), “The role of the law in the process of

personality formation” by Dang Luc (2013)

In conclusion, all of the above studies are important sources for the

thesis author to clarify the following:

- Clarifying the theoretical background of legal awareness and legal awareness education and education for students; its inevitable need to enhance legal awareness education for students in universities in

Vietnam today

- Clarifying the impact of the factors, the reality of legal awareness education for college students in the Mid-Central provinces in recent time; the existed issues of legal awareness education for students in Mid-

Central provinces today

- Orientation, measures and recommendations to related parties to

improve the quality of legal awareness education for students in the

future

Conclusion Chapter 1

These domestic and abroad researches have obtained certain results

of clarifying legal awareness and legal awareness education However,

legal awareness and legal awareness education for university students in

the Mid-Central provinces haven’t been done in depth as philosophical

doctoral thesis by any authors

The thesis will focus on analyzing and clarifying these contents The

dissertation contributes to clarify the impact factor, the existed issues in

legal awareness education for students; proposed orientations, measures

and recommendations to improve the quality of legal awareness

education for students in the Mid-Central provinces in the current

period

Chapter 2 LAW AWARENESS AND LEGAL AWARENESS EDUCATION

FOR STUDENTS AS A CURRENT REQUIREMENT

IN OUR COUNTRY 2.1 Legal Awareness

2.1.1 Theoretical background for studying legal awareness

The dissertation is based on the perspective of Marxism-Leninism to

analyze the theoretical basis for issues related to legal awareness such as:

2.1.1.1 The origin and nature of awareness; 2.1.1.2 Dialectical

relationship between infrastructure and superstructure; 2.1.1.3

Relationship between Social existence and legal awareness

The analysis of these above concepts helps to clarify the main

contents of the term legal awareness

2.1.2 Definition, content, structure, functions and role of legal

awareness

2.1.2.1 Definition of legal awareness

The dissertation analyzed 7 different current views in terms of the concept legal awareness; pointed out the advantages and limitations of each view; it also analyzes the differences between legal awareness and rule of law awareness, etc

Basing on the analysis of different viewpoint on legal awareness, the author also provided his own ideas on legal awareness: legal awareness

is a form of social awareness, the overall perspectives, ideology, psychological laws; is people’s knowledge, attitudes and emotion with law, legal order; is the evaluation of the fairness or unfairness, correctness or incorrectness of the current law, legal or illegal behavior

of citizens, state and social organizations

2.1.2.2 The content of legal awareness

The dissertation analyzes the content of the concept of legal awareness:

- Legal awareness is a specific form of social awareness in class and state society, legal awareness has nature of class and is derived from social existence and reflects social existence

- Legal awareness is overall perspectives, ideology, psychological laws; legal awareness is a tight structured system composing of many constituent elements, each element in the system plays different roles and has different positions It includes the two most important factors: legal psychology and legal ideology

- Legal awareness is people’s knowledge, attitudes and emotion with law and legal order; is the evaluation of the fairness or unfairness, correctness or incorrectness of the current law, legal or illegal behavior

of citizens, state and social organizations

2.1.2.3 The structure of legal awareness

The dissertation analyzes the structure of legal awareness, due to different basis of different division, which includes: 1 Basing on the characteristics, properties and reflected methods, legal awareness includes legal psychology and legal system ideology; 2 Basing on the

degree of reflection, the level of subject’s awareness of legal life in society, legal awareness includes common and scientific legal awareness; 3 If basing on the subject, legal awareness includes legal awareness of individuals, social groups and the whole society

2.1.2.4 The function and role of legal awareness

2.1.2.4.1 The function of legal awareness: The research analyzed and clarified 3 functions: awareness, modeling and behavioral adjustment 2.1.2.4.2 The role of legal awareness: The thesis analyzed some roles of legal awareness such as: the role of legal awareness in forming socialist law governed state; legal awareness contributes to build law system and develop legal sciences, contributing to law implementation and promoting socio-economic development; legal awareness helps to maintain national security and protect the country

2.2 Legal awareness education and legal awareness education for students

2.2.1 General view on legal awareness education

2.2.1.1 Definition of legal awareness education

Basing on the analysis of the current views on the concept of legal awareness education, the research stated personal views on legal

awareness educational concepts: Legal awareness education is an

purposeful and organized activity conducted due to identified content, certain method and forms of legal awareness educational subjects, it affects legal awareness education recipients to form and provide them with knowledge systems of views, ideology, psychological laws; the level of knowledge, attitude and their feeling to law, legal order; help them evaluate the fairness, correctness of the current law system, legal acts of the citizens, state and social organizations

2.2.1.2 The content of legal awareness education

The research analyzed the content of legal awareness education including legal awareness education in official programs; legal awareness education in extracurricular programs; legal fostering

activities, combining official education with extracurricular activities of the union

2.2.2 Legal awareness education for students

2.2.2.1 The concept of legal awareness education for students

Basing on an analysis of the current views on the concept of legal awareness education for students, the research stated personal views on

the concept of legal awareness education for students: Legal awareness

education for students are oriented and organized activities, through specific methods and some common forms of training includes mostly formal, extra-curricular programs integrated with active movements of unions; to establish and provide them with knowledge systems of views, ideology, psychological laws; the level of knowledge, attitude and their feeling to law, legal order; help them evaluate the fairness, correctness

of the current law system, legal acts of the citizens, state and organizations in society and in accordance with the characteristics of the field of training linking to students’ professional knowledge

2.2.2.2 Subject and object of legal awareness education for students

2.2.2.2.1 The subject: to be seen from two perspectives: university educational institution and lecturer of law, legal reporters

2.2.2.2.2 Objects: within the scope of the study, objects were identified

as full-time university students in universities in the Mid-Central provinces

2.2.2.3 Features of legal awareness education for students

The study analyzed four basic characteristics of legal awareness education with main subjects are students whose perceptions are in progress of maturation; there is a need to have suitable contents, methods and forms; it also need to be conducted regularly, continually and variously; legal awareness educational content needs to suit with each student

2.2.2.4 The goal of legal awareness education for students

In addition to common goals, legal awareness education for students

must tend to the specific objectives such as: in terms of awareness, it

helps formulate, strengthen and deepen the knowledge system and

students’ law understanding; in terms of attitudes and feelings: it shapes legal emotions, feelings and beliefs in law for students; in terms of

motives and behavior: it is towards formation and consolidation of

habits, positive behavior obeying to the legal standards

2.2.2.5 The form of legal awareness education for students

The study analyzed the various forms of legal awareness education for students: curricular teaching and learning activities; extracurricular activities, integrated with movement activities; the propagation and dissemination of legal awareness on the mass media

2.2.2.6 Methods of legal awareness education for students

The study analyzed the legal awareness educational methods for students during the curricular programs; methods for legal awareness education in extracurricular programs; methods for propagation activities, integrated with activist movement, unions

2.2.2.7 The relationship between legal awareness education with political, moral and aesthetic consciousness for students: The thesis is

based on the view of Marxist-Leninist on the relationship among the social awareness forms to analyze the relations between legal awareness education with political, moral and aesthetic education for students in the current period

2.3 Enhancing legal awareness education for students as current requirements

2.3.1 Legal awareness education for students under the requirement

of socialist law governed state

The study clarified the origin, nature and function of the state and the role of legal awareness education for students in the period of constructing and completing socialist law governed state in Vietnam today