"...ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) organized a workshop entitled "Life after the Charter" on 27-28 July 2009, at ISEAS in Singapore"--P. xvii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ASEAN legal personality under its new charter -- its nature, meaning and implications : status of the work and issues involved / Jeffrey Chan Wah Teck -- Does ASEAN exist? The Association of South East Asian Nations as an international legal person / Simon Chesterman -- Life in ASEAN after the entry into force of the ASEAN Charter : implications and follow-ups / Termsak Chalermpalanupap -- Translating the design into a bloc : the domestic implementation of the ASEAN Charter / Michael Ewing-Chow -- Charter implementation issues and concerns / S. Tiwari -- ASEAN trade in goods agreement (ATIGA) / Kanya Satyani Sasradipoera -- The ASEAN comprehensive investment agreement 2009 : its objectives, plans and progress / Yap Lai Peng -- The ASEAN Charter and the ASEAN economic community : a watershed for regional economic integration? / Razeen Sally -- Implications of an uncertain global economy on integration initiatives / Eduardo Pedrosa -- Challenges to achieving the ASEAN economic community / David Parsons -- ASEAN : an integrated market? / Martin Hutagalung -- A miscellany of trade issues / S. Tiwari -- Policy issues for ASEAN countries / S. Tiwari.