This book emerges from “the CREP project on the comparative regionalism of Europe, the Americas and East Asia” (p. xii). In light of the rising role of East Asia (ASEAN + 3) in the global economy, this book stimulates discussion among researchers and policy makers on the role of law and institutions in nurturing the growth of East Asian regionalism.
There are three parts in this book. Part I, which comprises the first six chapters, takes a comparative approach to analyze the current status of East Asian regionalism and discusses lessons learned from European and Latin American experiences. In the opening chapter, Kazushi Shimizu summarizes the institutional evolution of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), and identifies centrifugal economic and political forces that impede the growth of East Asian regionalism. Using case studies on mobile communication and television, Tomoo Marukawa demonstrates “the fragmentation of product standards and technical regulations in...
