By Eileen Denza

Description

• Fully updated new edition of the leading work on diplomatic law
• Provides historical context and commentary on the application of the Convention by the UK, the US, and other States
• Highlights important new trends in the application of the Convention regime including including the consequences of increasing levels of physical violence against embassies and attacks on diplomats

New to this edition

• Increased coverage of the interaction between state and diplomatic immunity (as shown in the Pinochet case)
• Explores the increasing evidence of disregard for the rules of secrecy in diplomatic communications
• Examines increasing latitude for interference by diplomats in the interest of protecting human rights
• Also examines the impact of the UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property
• Addition of a bibliography to further aid the reader
• Up to date list of parties to the Vienna Convention

Diplomatic Law was first published in 1976. Written with the benefit of the authors deep and practical understanding of the subject as a Legal Counsellor in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, it has become widely regarded as the leading work in the field. Denza places each provision of the Convention in its historical context; provides commentary on the application of the Convention by the UK, the US, and other States; and thoroughly examines topical problems in the field including the abuse of diplomatic immunity and terrorist violence. This fully updated new edition also highlights important new trends in the application of the Convention regime. It explores the interaction between State and diplomatic immunity (as shown in the Pinochet case), examines methods of establishing and conducting diplomatic relations under conditions of physical danger, and looks at increased evidence of disregard for the rules of secrecy in diplomatic communications. Denza also explores and the greater latitude for diplomats to interfere in the internal affairs of the receiving State in the interest of protecting human rights and evaluates the impact of adoption of the UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property.

Readership: Scholars, diplomats and government officials and practitioners with an interest in public international law and international relations, in particular diplomatic privileges and immunities.

Authors, editors, and contributors

Eileen Denza, Visiting Professor, University College London and Former Legal Counsellor in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Published Year: 2008 Format: Hard Back ISBN: 978-0-19-921685-7 Publisher: Oxford University Press No of Pages: 584 Our Price: £ 110.00 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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