The Internal Effects of ASEAN External Relations

This comprehensive account of the internal effect of ASEAN external agreements clarifies obligations, responsibilities and liabilities.

The Internal Effects of ASEAN External Relations offers a comprehensive account of the internal effect of ASEAN external agreements, clarifying obligations, responsibilities and liabilities. It will be an essential resource for scholars and practitioners working both on the development of ASEAN and on regional economic integration generally.Starting with a typology of ASEAN external agreements, the authors go on to provide an original reading of plurilateral agreements as 'joint' agreements. The book then offers both a clarification of the effects - direct or indirect - of external agreements within the legal orders of ASEAN Member States, and an explanation of the effects of external agreements within the legal regime of ASEAN. The authors conclude with a discussion of the role of ASEAN centrality and the role of the secretariat in shaping it.