This article surveys the current issues on the law of maintenance during the subsistence of a marriage. On the duty of a husband to maintain his wife, we have the 1968 High Court appellate decision that it rests on proof of the husband's culpability. Is this good law? Even if it was good law then, is it still good law after the 1980 amendments? The law permits "any marries woman" to apply for maintenance; who is she? What is the effect of annulment and divorce on her ability to apply? In the duty of a parent to maintain his children, who is a "child" for this purpose? Does an order in favour of a child terminate on his reaching the age of twenty-one? The statutory provisions and case law are studied in some detail.

ASEAN at present lacks a proper legal regime at the community level. However, this is to some extent compensated by similar approaches adopted by its members on certain matters. This include their outlook on free enterprise and competition, co-operation, common direction of their trade, their disposition to public control, and their attitude towards foreign investment. The prospects of an ASEAN community law depend upon whether the member countries are prepared to make the necessary adjustments to their national laws.