Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FOREWORD vii
4. PREFACE ix
5. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS xi
6. INTRODUCTION xv
7. 1. ASEAN Legal Personality under Its New Charter — Its Nature, Meaning and Implications: Status of the Work and Issues Involved 1
8. 2. Does ASEAN Exist? The Association of Southeast Asian Nations as an International Legal Person 18
9. 3. Life in ASEAN After the Entry into Force of the ASEAN Charter: Implications and Follow-ups 45
10. 4. Translating the Design into a Bloc: The Domestic Implementation of the ASEAN Charter 66
11. Charter Implementation Issues and Concerns 87
12. 5. ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) 89
13. 6. The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement 2009: Its Objectives, Plans and Progress 100
14. PRIVATE SECTOR PERSPECTIVES
15. 7. The ASEAN Charter and the ASEAN Economic Community: A Watershed for Regional Economic Integration? 113
16. 8. Implications of an Uncertain Global Economy on Integration Initiatives 124
17. 9. Challenges to Achieving the ASEAN Economic Community 135
18. 10. ASEAN: An Integrated Market? 141
19. 11. A Miscellany of Trade Issues 145
20. 12. Policy Issues for ASEAN Countries 149
21. INDEX 155