1. Full name:     Quan Thi Ngoc Thảo                              2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: September 25th 1980                            4. Place of birth: Hoa Binh province

5. Admission decision number: 4150/QĐ-SĐH dated July 15th, 2008 by the Director of Hanoi National University.

6. Changes in academic process: Returned to the locality according to Decision No.5504/QĐ-ĐHQGHN dated December 29th, 2014 by the Director of Hanoi National University.

7. Official thesis title: Judges and jurors conduct trial independently and abide by law only

8. Major: Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law                     9. Code: 62.38.01.04

10. Supervisors: Main Supervisor: Assoc. Prof.Dr Nguyen Ngoc Chi

                        Additional Supervisor: Assoc. Prof.Dr Nguyen Tat Vien

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

From the theoretical point of view, the thesis has:

+ Clarified the definition, origin, characteristics and content of the principle that judges and jurors conduct trial independently and abide by law only in criminal procedure law; the factors affecting the implementation of this principle. Identified and analyzed the laws of some countries and international law on the principle of judicial independence in criminal procedure, drawing reference values for Vietnam.

+ Analyzed legal provisions on the principle that judges and jurors conduct trial independently and abide by law only in the history of criminal procedure law in Vietnam; evaluated the results of the implementation of this principle in accordance with the provisions in Criminal Procedure Code (2003); limitations, constraints, causes and and the necessity for improvement.

+ Specified the requirements and proposed solutions to ensure the implementation of the principle that judges and jurors conduct trial independently and abide by law only in the criminal procedure law, meeting the requirements of judicial reform, protection of justice and protection of human rights.

12. Applicability in practice, if any:

The results of the study can be applied in finalizing the criminal procedure law and guiding the implementation of the principle of judicial independence in the practice of criminal trials. The thesis is a reference for law training, training and fostering the judges, jurors and those who are interested in judicial activities.

13. Further research direction, if any:

Studying the implementation of the principle that judges and jurors conduct trial independently and abide by law only in Criminal Procedure Code (2015) in order to make new recommendations for the improvement of this principle under the judicial reform process in the coming years.

14. Thesis-related publications:

[1] 1) Participated in the main topic of Group A in Hanoi National University: "Organizing and operating criminal procedure agencies in advance of judicial reform", Code: QGTĐ.10.18 by Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Chi  (accepted in 2014).

 [2] Quan Thi Ngoc Thao (2014), “Independence of Judges from Moral anh Legal Perspectives”, State anh Law review, 10 (318), pp.12-19.

[3] Quan Thi Ngoc Thao and co-authors (2014), “….”, State anh Law review, 8 (316), pp.66-70.

[4] Quan Thi Ngoc Thao and co-authors (2017), “The philosophy of the participation of people’s representative in trial”, The People’s Court Journal, 4, pp.36-41.