The Law of Consular Relations

Mark Sammut

This text will be of wide interest to lawyers working for government, or those acting for clients who require consular assistance.

Contents:

• The Consul through the Ages

•  The Appointment of the Consul

• Consular privileges and immunities

•  Functions of consuls

•  Assistance to nationals

• Consular competence in notarial matters

•  Consular role in the protection of national interests

• The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations – Optional Protocol

•  GUUAM Convention

Dr Sammut is a practising notary and a consul in Malta, and as such is ably placed to write this work. Of interest to academics and libraries in the area of international law.