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From its establishment in 1967, ASEAN has relied more on diplomacy rather than law. Political relations were managed by consultation and consensus and declaratory statements, while treaties denoting binding legal obligations were few. However, upon its 40th anniversary in 2007, the ASEAN Charter vowing to bring the Legal and the Institutional to the forefront of ASEAN discourse was signed. Blueprints for the three ASEAN pillars – the Political-Security, Economic and Socio-Cultural Communities – were also adopted alongside numerous new treaties with detailed obligations and dispute settlement procedures. This paper explores the aspirations, realities and limitations as the regional organisation endeavours to develop into an integrated ASEAN Community by 2015, paying particular attention to the new role of law in regional relations.

(...) Part I: Social Scientific Papers Ito, Chiaki ; Chunjitkaruna, Phannee: Overview of Thai migrant workers in Japan Suzuki, Noriyuki: Recruitment and problems of Thai trainees in Japan Tsay Ching-lung: Working and living conditions of Thai contract workers in Taiwan Laodumroungchai, Samarn: Undocumented Thai migrant workers in Taiwan Muhamed, Khadija ; Chantavanich, Supang: Thai migrant workers in Malaysia Atipas, Porntipa: The regional economic crisis and the migration of Thai workers to Singapore Hong Woon Young: Analytical report of expert interviews on issues of Thai labor migrants in Singapore Part II: Legal papers Kondo, Atsushi: Immigration law and foreign workers in Japan Tsay Ching-lung ; Tseng Pi-yuan: Labor code on the employment and management of foreign nationals in Taiwan Tsay Ching-lung: Evolution of Taiwan's foreign labor policy and management Ahmad, Sharifah Suhanah Syed: Foreign labor in Malaysia Ewing-Chow, Michael: Singapore: legal issues relating to Thai migrant workers Prachason, Sajin: Conclusion Appendix: Abstracts of papers in Thai (...)