East Asian Regionalism from a Legal Perspective: Current features and a vision for the future »

Tamio Nakamura is professor of Law at the institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo.

Plenty has been written about the political and economical aspects of regionalism, but the legal perspective has been neglected. East Asian Regionalism From a Legal Perspective is unique in synthesizing legal, economic and political analyses.

In the first part, the book investigates the current features of regionalism from a comparative perspective, looking at economic and currency cooperation and comparing Asian regionalism with Europe and Latin America. In the second part, the contributors go on to look at the present legal features of regionalism, covering institutional frameworks, trade diversity and regional integration.

The third part of the book is truly unique in proposing an essential groundwork for the institutionalisation of an East Asian Community. It conceives a draft East Asian Charter, an essential document that distils what East Asian nations have achieved, and also includes integral principles and fundamental rules for future cooperation among countries and peoples in the region.

This book will be of interest to graduates and academics interested in regionalism, international relations, international law and Asian studies.

1 East Asian regional economic cooperation and FTA : deepening of intra-ASEAN economic cooperation and expansion throughout East Asia Kazushi Shimizu Shimizu, Kazushi 3

2 Regionalism and nationalism in the information technology industry : a comparison of East Asia and Europe Tomoo Marukawa Marukawa, Tomoo 25

3 East Asian currency cooperation Eiji Ogawa Ogawa, Eiji Kentaro Kawasaki Kawasaki, Kentaro 43

4 Regional integration in Latin America : lessons for East Asia Barbara Stallings Stallings, Barbara 63

5 Regionalization and regionalism in Europe from the perspective of multinational enterprises Ken-ichi Ando Ando, Ken-ichi 86

6 European integration in a historical perspective : how did it begin and what are the lessons for Asia? Kenji Hirashima Hirashima, Kenji 107

7 Legal and institutional frameworks for open regionalism in Asia : a case study of ASEAN Lawan Thanadsillapakul Thanadsillapakul, Lawan 125

8 Emerging diversity in trade remedy systems : the case of East Asian FTAs Dukgeun Ahn Ahn, Dukgeun 147

9 Regional integration in East Asia and its legalization : can law contribute to the progress of integration in East Asia? Takao Suami Suami, Takao 169

10 Proposal of the Draft Charter of the East Asian Community : an overview and the basic principles Tamio Nakamura Nakamura, Tamio 193

11 Community policies in the Draft Charter of the East Asian Community : how will regional cooperation be organized within the Community framework? Takao Suami Suami, Takao 215

12 Part two of the Draft Charter : constructing an East Asian acquis Yoichiro Usui Usui, Yoichiro 232

13 'Open regionalism' : creating multi-layered orders inworld governance Yoshiaki Sato Sato, Yoshiaki 244

14 Draft Charter of the East Asian Community Tamio Nakamura Nakamura, Tamio Takao Suami Suami, Takao Yoichiro Usui Usui, Yoichiro Yoshiaki Sato Sato, Yoshiaki 256

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