Eric Yong Joong Lee is President of YIJUN Institute of International Law as well as Professor of International Law at Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea. He also serves as High & Foreign Expert of State 1000 Talents Program of P.R. China (SUIBE). He is a chief editor of two globally recognized academic law journals: Journal of East Asia and International Law and China and WTO Review. Prof. Lee obtained his A.B. (political science) and M.P.A. (public policy) from the University of Washington, USA, and Seoul National University, respectively. He continued to study international law at Leiden University and Erasmus University Rotterdam, completing his LL.M. and Ph.D. in that field.
This book consists of updated and refreshed papers written by international law scholars and practitioners from the ASEAN region and published by the Journal of East Asia and International Law, comprehensively covering almost all contemporary international legal issues related to ASEAN.
Legal analysis of the ASEAN integration as one community with one vision in this book provides readers with a better understanding of the current social climate and future developments of ASEAN. Each section within the book covers a highly topical issue on ASEAN cooperation and dispute resolution from an international law perspective. ASEAN is one of the biggest economic communities in the world and the ASEAN+3 covers nearly half of global GDP. Given the region’s global impact, this book is of interest to Asia watchers, academics and policymakers alike.