Towards a Rules-Based Community

An ASEAN Legal Service
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-107-49526-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

Reihe: Integration through Law:The Role of Law and the Rule of Law in ASEAN Integration

In 2007, ASEAN adopted the ASEAN Charter which stated its ambition to become a 'rules-based' community respecting the rule of law. In order to fulfil this objective, it is vital that the necessary legal infrastructure exists of which a prerequisite is to have effective legal support. This book helps readers to understand the need for and role of such a legal service. To begin with, it explores the way ASEAN and its various institutions have evolved. The current situation with respect to the making of rules and settlement of disputes is then analysed, drawing not only on published primary and secondary materials but also on the experience of diplomats, officials and legal officers. Finally, the authors draw on their practical experiences as former attorney-general of an ASEAN member state and former head of the European Council legal service to make recommendations on how an ASEAN legal service might be organised.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Piris, Jean-Claude

Woon, Walter

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General editors' preface; Preface; List of boxes; List of acronyms and abbreviations; 1. ASEAN as an organisation; 2. Towards an ASEAN community; 3. The ASEAN legal service; Executive summary; Annex: major ASEAN agreements and declarations; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Woon, Walter
Walter Woon is currently David Marshall Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore, the Dean of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education and President of the Goethe Institute Singapore. He was formerly Attorney-General of Singapore, ambassador to the European Communities and several European countries, a member of the High-Level Task Force to draft the ASEAN Charter and a nominated Member of Parliament. Professor Woon specialises in company law, criminal law and international law.

Piris, Jean-Claude
Jean-Claude Piris is President of Piris Consuting (European and Public International Law), a retired French Conseiller d'Etat, a former diplomat to the UN and former Director of Legal Affairs at the OECD, and was Director General of the Legal Service of the Council of the European Union for over 20 years. He has written several books with Cambridge University Press, most recently The Future of Europe: Towards a Two-Speed EU? (2012).