Paul Behrens is Reader (Associate Professor) in International Law at the University of Edinburgh.
[a] work of encyclopaedic range and accepted authority... It deserves a place in the library of every diplomatic mission and foreign office. The documentation is meticulous. -- A.G. Noorani * Frontline Magazine * [T]he appearance of this book... is so valuable.... [T]his is the first attempt to give it [diplomatic interference] serious and comprehensive attention... the book is very good indeed... [a] generally splendid work... [T]he bedrock of evidence on which the author bases his argument for the evolution of customary law [is] of immense importance and set[s] the book apart from the more superficial treatments of its subject that tend to be the norm. In the round, this book displays great learning, immense research, clear-sighted judgement, and - more than once - an attractive turn of phrase. All students of diplomacy are greatly in the author's debt, and the guidelines he provides for practitioners at the end are carefully worked and succinctly expressed. -- G. Berridge, Emeritus Professor of International Politics, University of Leicester * Prof G. Berridge's Diplo blog *