The law of nations, or, Principles of the law of nature, applied to the conduct and affairs of nations and sovereigns, with three early essays on the origin and nature of natural law and on luxury / / Emer de Vattel ; edited and with an introduction by Bela Kapossy and Richard Whatmore ; translated by Thomas Nugent

• Autore: Vattel Emer de <1714-1767.>
• Pubblicazione: Indianapolis, : Liberty Fund, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (897 p.)
• Disciplina: 341
• Soggetto topico: International law; War (International law); Natural law
• Altri autori: KapossyBela <1965-> WhatmoreRichard
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 813-830) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Emer de Vattel, The Law of Nations ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Details ""; ""Table of Contents, p. vii ""; ""Introduction, p. ix ""; ""A Note on the Texts, p. xxi ""; ""Acknowledgments, p. xxv ""; ""The Law of Nations ""; ""Preface, p. 5 ""; ""Contents, p. 21 ""; ""Preliminaries, p. 67 ""; ""Book I. Of Nations considered in themselves, p. 81 ""; ""Chapter I. Of Nations or Sovereign States, p. 81 ""; ""Chapter II. General Principles of the Duties of a Nation towards herself, p. 85 "" ; ""Chapter III. Of the Constitution of a STate, and the Duties and Rights of the Nation in this respect, p. 91 """"Chapter IV. Of the Sovereign, his Obligations, and his Rights, p. 96 ""; ""Chapter V. Of States Elective, Successive or Hereditary, and of those called Patrimonial, p. 113 ""; ""Chapter VI. Principal Objects of a good Government; and first to provide for the Necessities of the Nation, p. 126 ""; ""Chapter VII. Of the Cultivation of the Soil, p. 128 ""; ""Chapter VIII. Of Commerce, p. 131 "" ; ""Chapter IX. Of the Care of the Public Ways of Communication, and the Right of Toll, p. 139 """"Chapter X. Of Money and Exchange, p. 141 ""; ""Chapter XI. Second object of a good Government, - to procure the true Happiness of the Nation, p. 145 ""; ""Chapter XII. Of Piety and Religion, p. 155 ""; ""Chapter XIII. Of Justice and Polity, p. 185 ""; ""Chapter XIV. The third Object of a good Government - to fortify itself against external Attacks, p. 198 ""; ""Chapter XV. Of the Glory of a Nation, p. 203 "" ; ""Chapter XVI. Of the Protection sought by a Nation, and its voluntary Submission to a foreign Power, p. 207 """"Chapter XVII. How a Nation may separate itself from the State of which it is a Member, or renounce its Allegiance to its Sovereign when it is not protected, p. 210 ""; ""Chapter XVIII. Of th eEstablishment of a nation in a Country, p. 213 ""; ""Chapter XIX. Of our Native Country, and several Things that relate to it, p. 217 ""; ""Chapter XX. Of public, common, and private Property, p. 228 "" ; ""Chapter XXI. Of the Alienation of the public Property, or the Domain, and that or a Part of the State, p. 237 """"Chapter XXII. Of Rivers, Streams, and Lakes, p. 242 ""; ""Chapter XXIII. Of the Sea, p. 249 ""; ""Book II: Of a Nation considered in its Relations to others ""; ""Chapter I. Of the Common Duties of a Nation towards others, or of the Offices of Humanity between Nations, p. 259 ""; ""Chapter II. Of the Mutual Commerce between Nations, p. 273 ""; ""Chapter III. Of the Dignity and Equality of Nations, - of Titles, - and other Marks of Honour, p. 281 "" ; ""Chapter IV. Of the Right to Security, and the Effects of the Sovereignty and Independence of nations, p. 288 ""
• Sommario/riassunto: The great eighteenth-century theorist of international law Emer de Vattel (1714-1767) was a key figure in sustaining the practical and theoretical influence of natural jurisprudence through the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. Coming toward the end of the period when the discourse of natural law was dominant in European political theory, Vattel's contribution is cited as a major source of contemporary wisdom on questions of international law in the American Revolution and even by opponents of revolution, such as Cardinal Consalvi, at the Congress of Vienna of 1815.Vattel broadly accepted the early-modern natural law theorists from Grotius onward but placed himself in the tradition of Leibniz and Christian Wolff. This becomes particularly clear in two valuable early essays that have never before been translated and are included in the present volume. On this philosophical basis he established what the proper relationship should be between natural law as it is applied to individuals and natural law as it is applied to states.The significance of "The Law of Nations" resides in its distillation from natural law of an apt model for international conduct of state affairs that carried conviction in both the Old Regime and the new political order of 1789-1815.The Liberty Fund edition is based on the anonymous English translation of 1797, which includes Vattel's notes for the second French edition (posthumous, 1773).Emer de Vattel (1714-1767) was a Swiss philosopher and jurist in the service of Saxony.Bela Kapossy is Professeur Suppleant of History at the University of Lausanne.Richard Whatmore is a Reader in Intellectual History at the University of Sussex.Knud Haakonssen is Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Sussex, England.
• Altri titoli varianti: Law of nations; Principles of the law of nature, applied to the conduct and affairs of nations and sovereigns, with three early essays on the origin and nature of natural law and on luxury
• Titolo autorizzato: The law of nations, or, Principles of the law of nature, applied to the conduct and affairs of nations and sovereigns, with three early essays on the origin and nature of natural law and on luxury
• ISBN: 1-61487-872-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910968028903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Natural Law Paper