Consular Law and Practice

NOTE EDITORE

First published in 1961, Consular Law and Practice is a classic work of great interest and practical use to diplomats, consuls, and international lawyers. When persons are out of their home country, consuls are their link with home and a source of assistance. The roles of consuls are many and varied. Consuls promote commerce between the home country and the host country and assist businesspeople in making contacts and in completing commercial transactions. Consuls also handle problems that arise for seafarers and merchant shipping vessels of the home country when they are in port in the host country. When a home country citizen dies while in the host country, consuls may facilitate burial or shipment of the remains home, or deal with the person's estate. Consuls assist individuals arrested on a criminal charge in the host state by visiting them in jail, advising them about the legal system of the host state, and helping to find them a lawyer. If the person is convicted, consuls visit them in prison and may help to secure a transfer to a prison in the home country. This fully updated third edition explains consular privileges and immunities and how consular functions are handled in time of peace and war, when the receiving state experiences civil war, or when the sending and receiving states break off diplomatic or consular relations. It provides valuable background by describing how consular law developed historically and how it became solidified in 1963 in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. It explores the many bilateral consular treaties which supplement the Vienna Convention, examines the traditional and changing role of consuls, explains diplomatic privileges and immunities, and discusses the function of consuls as ambassadors in cultural and scientific exchange.

SOMMARIO

1 - Historical Evolution2 - Definitions3 - Classification4 - Consular Relations and Consular Posts5 - Acquisition of Consular Status6 - Termination of Consular Status7 - Consular Functions8 - Protection of Nationals9 - Nationals Charged with Criminal Offences10 - Passport and Visa11 - Notarial and Registration Services12 - Marriage and Divorce13 - Estate Functions14 - Extradition and Civil Procedure15 - Informational, Cultural, Scientific, and Tourist Functions16 - Shipping17 - Promotion and Protection of Trade18 - Child Abduction19 - Refugees20 - Protection of Other Non-Nationals21 - Privileges and Immunities22 - Facilities23 - Inviolability of Consular Premises24 - Writs of Process25 - Consular Archives and Documents26 - Freedom of Movement27 - Consular Communications28 - Protection and Inviolability of Consuls29 - Immunity from Local Jurisdiction: The Functional Approach30 - Immunity from Local Jurisdiction: The Diplomatic Approach31 - Immunity from Local Jurisdiction: Road Traffic Matters32 - Liability to Give Evidence33 - Social Legislation and Civic Service34 - Exemption from Taxation35 - Honorary Consuls36 - Consuls as Diplomats37 - Diplomats as Consuls38 - Consuls and the United Nations39 - Performance of Consular Functions by Other Officials40 - Relations between the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and Other Treaties41 - Settlement of Disputes42 - Signature and Accession43 - Conclusions1 - Recent Consular Treaties2 - The United Nations Conference on Consular Relations3 - The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations4 - The European Convention on Consular Functions

AUTORE

Dr. Luke T. Lee, J.D., Ph.D. is an international consultant on consular law and human rights. He has worked for the U.S. State Department and is a Member of rthe UN Group of Governmental Experts on International Co-operation to Avert New Flows of Refugees and a consultant for the WHO, UNESCO, and UNFPA/UNDP. John Quigley is President's Club Professor in Law at the Ohio State University.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198298519
• Dimensioni: 241 x 43.8 x 162 mm Ø 1258 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 728