Investing the ASEAN Way

Sungjoon Cho is a Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Technology. He is a member of arbitration panel roster under Chapter 14 (Dispute Settlement) of the Korea–European Union Free Trade Agreement. He is the author of The Social Foundations of World Trade: Norms, Community, and Constitution (Cambridge, 2015; paperback in 2017). Jürgen Kurtz is a Professor of International Economic Law at the European University Institute. Jürgen is the author of The WTO and International Investment Law: Converging Systems (Cambridge, 2016) and co-editor of International Trade, Investment and the Sustainable Development Goals (Cambridge, 2020).

• Introduction; 1. The foundation of the ASEAN investment regime; 2. Tracing influences on the ASEAN investment regime; 3. Positioning of the ASEAN investment regime; 4. Synthesis; Conclusion.

'Authored by two distinguished trade law scholars, Sungjoon Cho and Jürgen Kurtz, the book provides the most updated and comprehensive analysis of ASEAN's investment regime. This timely contribution not only enriches the debate over the theoretical concepts of legalization, but also buttresses the empirical investigation of South-based regionalism. Undoubtedly the book will be of great use to scholars and practitioners in the fields of international economic law and international relations.' Pasha L. Hsieh, Jean Monnet Chair and Professor of Law, Singapore Management University