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Delegation of dispute settlement authority to conventional inte / Cockerham, Geoffrey B

Cockerham, Geoffrey B	Journal Article
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2008.

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The issue of dispute settlement is problematic in the international system because it may conflict with sovereignty. States may find, however, that in order to facilitate cooperation, they should delegate some authority to resolve disputes to a third party. This article seeks to provide a measure for dispute settlement authority and some explanation for the delegation aspect of international cooperation by examining why states agree to grant dispute settlement authority to a particular kind of institutional arrangement, conventional international governmental organizations (IGOs). The analysis reveals that states tend to enter into IGO agreements with a higher degree of dispute settlement authority when members have a greater incentive to defect due either to the large number of other parties to the agreement, or due to greater cooperative demands as provided by the agreement

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Delegation ; International Governmental Organizations ; Dispute Settlement ; Institutional Design

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Regional integration in ASEAN: institutional design and the ASEAN way / Cockerham, Geoffrey B

Cockerham, Geoffrey B	Journal Article
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2010.

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This paper investigates regional integration in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by analyzing the agreements developed within the ASEAN framework since its founding in 1967. This examination reveals that, although integration in ASEAN is certainly influenced by norms and values, the integration process can be best understood by intergovernmentalism. While many agreements have been developed within the ASEAN framework and have become more legalistic in nature, they tend to mostly be in functional areas and exhibit low levels of transparency and delegation. The design of ASEAN is indicative of an overriding concern for state sovereignty as a key strategic interest for member states.

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ASEAN ; Rationalism ; International Agreements ; Norms ; Institutional Design ; Intergovernmentalism

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