Abstract:
The research on "Law and land in Vietnam during the early le dynasty, 1428-1527" aims to study the legal history of the Le dynasty and the relationship between law and land in the history of the Le dynasty. This research is based on a comprehensive study of the Le Code and other primary sources in Vietnamese and English Languages. Under the rule of the Le dynesty, land problems emerged in the Red River Delta. The Le dynasty had issued laws to solve land problems. Under the Le dynasty, Vietnamese laws were influenced by Confucianism and Chinese legal philosophy. However, the Le Code was different from Chinese law in one aspect. Women were allowed to own land based on ancient Vietnamese socio-cultural concept. Land law in the Le Code reveals how the Vietnamese managed to solve the land problems. The Le dynacty used the law to direct its economy based on the production of small peasants and to prevent large land-holding.