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ASEANs Evolving Legal and Institutional Framework

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Wednesday, May 21 2008
Washington, DC

The American Society of International Law with support from the International Organizations, International Economic Law, and Law in the Pacific Rim Region Interest Groups and co-sponsorship by the Asian Society of International Law, hosted a panel discussion that considered, within the context of international law, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEANs ) legal personality as an international organization as well as what impact this has on the legal nature of regional free trade agreements.

Panelists included (Click here for speaker bios):

Mr. Michael Ewing-Chow, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore (Click here for Power Point presentation)

Ms. Amelia Porges, Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP

Mr. Sungjoon Cho, Assistant Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Mr. Robert Michael Tene, First Secretary for Political Affairs, Embassy of Indonesia

Mr. Edmund W. Sim, Partner, Hunton & Williams LLP-Singapore (Click here for Audio-Enhanced Power Point presentation and Notes)

The moderator was Dr. Pek Koon Heng, Course Chair for the Insular Southeast Asia Advanced Area Studies program at the Foreign Studies Institute, United States Department of State; Assistant Professor at the School of International Service at American University.