VATTEL's Le droit des gens

Presentation of Emer de Vattel's Le droit des gens (London [Neuchâtel], 1758), a classic work on the law of nations. Vattel defended the principality of Neuchâtel's interests above all. He tried to combine the natural law tradition (Grotius, Pufendorf, must mostly Wolf, whom he acknowledges being in debt to) and state practice. The result is an often contradictory fundgrube, providing posterity with numerous arguments suitable to any position in trials. Hence Vattel's 19th century popularity and frequent use by the US Supreme court.

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