THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF LEGAL NORMATIVEDCUMENTS BY STATE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES IN THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF LAOS

<p> The development and adoption of legal normative documents is one of the significant practices of State administrative agencies in their operating process. Apart from contributing to developing and completing the legal system synchronous, uniform, feasible, public, and transparent, this work also helps with bringing into full play the role and efficiency of laws, ensuring effective social management, political stability, economic development, and increased integration into the region and the world. Nevertheless, due to various reasons, the development and adoption of legal normative documents by the State administrative agencies still encounters with numerous weaknesses. Through the research “The development and adoption of legal normative documents by State administrative agencies in the People’s Democratic Republic of Laos”, the thesis has achieved some fundamental findings as follows: - To systematise fundamental theoretical bases on the development and adoption of legal normative documents. Specifically, the thesis has mentioned some issues on the development and adoption of legal normative documents by State administrative agencies, including concept, role, and function of legal normative documents in the general legal system. The thesis also specifies the authority to develop and adopt legal normative documents (statutory power) of State administrative agencies through defining position of the executive authority interrelation of State power with legislative power and judicial power. Of note, the thesis analyses criteria to assess the development and adoption of legal normative documents by State administrative agencies in Laos currently. - To analyse and assess the reality of the development and adoption of legal normative documents by State administrative agencies in the People’s Democratic Republic of Laos. Besides certain achievements, the thesis points out limitations and shortcomings in the development and adoption of legal normative documents by Stae administrative bodies, indicating causes to these weaknesses. - To study the theoretical as well as practical experience in the development and adoption of legal normative documents in countries with high legislative and statutory standards like France and Germany. Particularly, the thesis thoroughly studies the development and adoption of legal normative documents in Viet Nam, the country that bears numerous resemblances to the People’s Democratic Republic of Laos in terms of political, economic, State and social institutions. Based on the experience, the author draws lessons for the development and adoption of legal normative documents by Stae administrative bodies in Laos. </p>