Imelda Deinla is a Research Fellow at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra. She completed her undergraduate political science and law degrees from the University of the Philippines and postgraduate studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She is also the Project Director of the Philippines Project at the Australian National University, Canberra, which focuses on research and policy engagement on Philippine politics, economics and trade. Her research interests are law and society, legal pluralism, conflict and peacebuilding.

'The Development of the Rule of Law in ASEAN is written with analytical precision and methodological coherence. It is a model of theoretically informed empirical research. The book is truly transdisciplinary and 'seeks to explain the dynamic of rule-making in ASEAN'. The book will not only be of interest to specialists in the region but is a must for scholars and students interested in the rule of law and regional integration, as well as lawyers, political scientists and sociologists.' Adam Czarnota, University of New South Wales, Australia

• 1. From ASEAN way to the ASEAN Charter: towards the rule of law?; 2. Conceiving the rule of law in ASEAN integration; 3. Beyond supranationalism: the European Union as inspiration for ASEAN integration; 4. Limiting sovereignty and the limits of judicial authority in regional integration; 5. Rule of law or rule through law in Southeast Asia; 6. ASEAN community and building the law regime in ASEAN; 7. Soft regulation and informal rule making in the AEC; 8. Conclusion: in search of the rule of law in ASEAN.