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"This classic guide to diplomacy has been stylishly updated and remains a masterly description of the way in which foreign policy should be conducted. It covers comprehensively the diplomatic challenges of a new century in the sort of prose that we must all hope will continue to be an attribute of the best Foreign Office officials. It is in all our interests that the exigencies of public spending control do not constrain the ability of diplomats in Britain and abroad to practice the arts so well surveyed here."
--Chris Patten, Chancellor, University of Oxford; Former British Governor of Hong Kong
"Satow's Diplomatic Practice has been the diplomat's bible for nearly a century and the publication of the first new edition for thirty years will receive a much deserved welcome. This new edition of Satow is a treasure trove of information, all of it presented in a wonderfully readable form. It will be indispensable for all practitioners of diplomacy."
--Judge Sir Christophe
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Satow's Diplomatic Practice is a classic work, first published 90 years ago and revised four times since. This is the first revised edition for thirty years, during which time the world and diplomacy have changed almost beyond recognition. The new edition provides an enlarged and updated section on the history of diplomacy and revises comprehensively the practice of diplomacy and the corpus of diplomatic and international law since the end of the Cold War. It traces the substantial expansion in numbers both of sovereign states and international and regional organisations and features detailed chapters on diplomatic privileges and immunities, diplomatic missions and consular matters. It also examines new forms of diplomacy from the work of NGOs to the use of secret envoys and commercial security firms, and the book highlights the impact of international terrorism on the life and work of a diplomat. Satow is an indispensable guide for anyone working in or studying the field of diplomacy.
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The 6th edition of Satow's Guide to Diplomatic Practice (now titled as Satow's Diplomatic Practice) is the definitive book for anyone who interested in diplomacy and public international law. It keeps the basic structure of the 5th edition (published in 1979) and makes many substantial updates, such as the discussion on the UN and the international human rights regime. Of cource, the most important part remains the first several chapters -- the history of diplomacy, diplomatic privileges and immunities, consular realtions, to name a few.
I find this book highly helpful throughout my study and research in diplomatic law. It is authoritative and informative. It is definitely a great source for researching diplomatic law, consular law, the law of treaties and the international organizations. In a word, a must have for those who major in diplomatic studies, international relations or public international law.
I find this book highly helpful throughout my study and research in diplomatic law. It is authoritative and informative. It is definitely a great source for researching diplomatic law, consular law, the law of treaties and the international organizations. In a word, a must have for those who major in diplomatic studies, international relations or public international law.
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a remarkably useful work
18 May 2010
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International law and diplomacy represent a complex and forbiddingly tangled web to the professional diplomat, let alone the outsider, and therefore a work of this nature needs no further justification than to point out the increasingly interwoven nature of modern global society. This book seeks to clarify and codify the rules and practice of diplomacy after the manner of a classic legal text (Anson's Law of Contract which I once encountered as a law student springs to mind). In this aim it is surely unique, and has been so ever since the first edition written by Sir Ernest Satow in 1917.
In paying homage to Satow's work in the Preface to this sixth edition, the Editor Sir Ivor Roberts - himself a retired diplomat with a wealth of experience - writes 'The book he wrote in 1917 was no dry collection of facts and legal terms. It was suffused with illuminating, interesting, often whimsical, anecdotes, and wise counsel. Nevertheless, when I was invited to edit the first revision for 30 years, I quickly realized that nothing less than radical surgery was required. For diplomacy has changed too much in its practice, if not in its essentials.'
Naturally a work of this importance will require regular updating, because the rules and customs of diplomacy are subject to steady and constant change. Diplomacy, the star and centrepiece of this book, is a living organism just like a living language. It moves on, and cannot be frozen in time.
The Editor and contributors are to be congratulated on making their book readable and casting light on shadowy areas. There are many interesting and some whimsical anecdotes from recent times, of which Satow would have approved. The use of numbered paragraphs as in the first edition is helpful and will facilitate reference to the work. By the way I attended the recent book launch on April 8, 2010 at the British Embassy in Tokyo where I had the pleasure of meeting the Editor for the first time.
Ian Ruxton, author (editor) of several books on the life of Sir Ernest Satow including 'The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister in Tokyo (1895-1900): A Diplomat Returns to Japan'
In paying homage to Satow's work in the Preface to this sixth edition, the Editor Sir Ivor Roberts - himself a retired diplomat with a wealth of experience - writes 'The book he wrote in 1917 was no dry collection of facts and legal terms. It was suffused with illuminating, interesting, often whimsical, anecdotes, and wise counsel. Nevertheless, when I was invited to edit the first revision for 30 years, I quickly realized that nothing less than radical surgery was required. For diplomacy has changed too much in its practice, if not in its essentials.'
Naturally a work of this importance will require regular updating, because the rules and customs of diplomacy are subject to steady and constant change. Diplomacy, the star and centrepiece of this book, is a living organism just like a living language. It moves on, and cannot be frozen in time.
The Editor and contributors are to be congratulated on making their book readable and casting light on shadowy areas. There are many interesting and some whimsical anecdotes from recent times, of which Satow would have approved. The use of numbered paragraphs as in the first edition is helpful and will facilitate reference to the work. By the way I attended the recent book launch on April 8, 2010 at the British Embassy in Tokyo where I had the pleasure of meeting the Editor for the first time.
Ian Ruxton, author (editor) of several books on the life of Sir Ernest Satow including 'The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister in Tokyo (1895-1900): A Diplomat Returns to Japan'
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