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The law of nations, or, Principles of the law of nature, applied to the conduct and affairs of nations and sovereigns from the French of Monsieur de Vattel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vattel, Emer de, 1714-1767.
- Series:
- Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926: British Law.
- The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926: British Law
- Standardized Title:
- Droit des gens. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- International law.
- War (International law).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (lxvi, 532 p. )
- Edition:
- New ed. / by Joseph Chitty.
- Place of Publication:
- London : S. Sweet, 1834.
- Summary:
- This enormously influential work by Swiss diplomat and jurist Emmerich de Vattel (1714-76) was first published in 1758, and is credited with shaping modern international law by applying natural law to international relations. Its argument for liberty and equality proved influential upon the American Declaration of Independence, with Benjamin Franklin commenting on its usefulness to the drafters. The book was translated into English in 1760, 1787, and 1797: the latter version was revised by Joseph Chitty the elder (1775-1841), a barrister and one of the most prolific legal writers of his day, who published more than twenty books on law in his lifetime, and also served as tutor or mentor to some of the most influential lawyers of nineteenth-century England. First published in 1834, Chitty's version amends the errors of the anonymous 1797 translation, as well as revising and expanding the explanatory notes.
- Contents:
- part of the state; 22. Of rivers, streams, and lakes; 23. Of the sea; Book II. Of a Nation Considered in her Relation to Other States.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Paging irregular, following the paging of earlier ed. inset in the margin of the text.
- Translation of: Le droit des gens.
- Reproduction of original from Yale Law School Library.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC:
- 60730591
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