Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
BY IDA GILBERT MYERS.

/ CONSl LAX IltLN Il1IL'iIA9 H-Nl -
MUNTTIt}S. By irwin Stewart,
IL. B.. Ph. y. New York: Column
bia University Press.
TIME Consular Service OF the
United states has now grown
10 the full stature of proi"%
sion. where formerly 1t existed
chiefly by way of political pre-
Torment in its personnel and by more
80, loss experimental measures IN Its
conduct Such natural and necessary
daveIonmcnt assumes that back OF II
stand certain formal means for It's
rnIGIImcnt And these means or
agencies do exist. Nowadays tne
schooI If foreign service is an estab-
lished department of university re-
search with special libraries forming
around it, with suitable text books 10
sunnlement the direct instruction OF
exnert opponents of international IA"
in its bearing upon the Consular
Service. c...., J.,
r. is at this point that DR. Stewart $
consular Privileges and lmmunlties
nroves one of it's prime completeness
nat of tcxt book upon certain aspect
of consular Service. Concise, orderly
authentic in it's particular line or IN
vestication and report, the book places
before students the straighteSt course
IN the desired end. And TINS Is tle
first business of any text book' Dr'
Stewards study possesses, however, q
nnalitv often lacking in books of TINS
class It is interesting. 1t mas io5t
none of it's natural vitality along tne
vav to the students desk or midnight
oil. .., r.. mo
But the book is not designed for the
enncial student alone. Its quality and
IN
hans its first and greatest appeal 10
General consideration of diplomacy II,
self in one of it's peculiar and spcclai
manifestations.
Here. in substance, stands close
examination of the consul himself III
his public and representative capacity
In such capacity are defined MS den-
mite relations both to the home state
and to the state where he is Tor tlme
being engaged in public service ne
legal status of the consul IS set lortn'
with his relation to the local courts
either as witness or as to his own la
bjltv within them. The subject OF
taxation in relation to the consul Is
discussed. There is a study of the
consulate. it's inviolability and that
of the property within it. There Is n
consideration of existing treaties be
tween the two states and the bearing
of these upon the consul. Other top
les inherent to Consular privileges
and ImmunitieS" are brought within
the scope of this expert study. Tor
whose authority the author appears TO
have exhausted all resources so lar
available. Official documents, archives
bearing upon the theme, the practIcai
experience of consular officers, libra
ries. international laval these and
IF n al
gathered by the author and by him
have been ordered into a complete
practical guide for consular officers
into a book for the student of this sub
iect, and-not so vital, perhaps, but
still worth counting--intO a subject of
most interesting content and treatment
for the intelligent general reader.
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