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Emerich de Vattel

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Emerich de Vattel , 1714-67, Swiss philosopher and jurist. He served (1746-58) as Saxon minister at Bern and later in the cabinet of Augustus III at Dresden. He is famous for one book, Droit des gens; ou, Principes de la loi naturelle appliqués à la conduite et aux affaires des nations et des souverains (1758; tr. Law of Nations, 1760). This book, founded on the writings of Christian von Wolff, was important chiefly because it supplied a justification for liberal revolution. It also illustrated the growing attention to international law based on natural laws that were superior... Read more

prisoners of war
...preventing him from taking up arms again and ceased altogether with the end of hostilities. Their view was elaborated by Emerich de Vattel . During the American Civil War, Francis Lieber drew up the first systematic, written regulations on the treatment... Read more

international law
...important writers on international law were Cornelius van Bynkershoek , Georg F. von Martens , Christian von Wolff , and Emerich Vattel . Development to World War I The growth of international law came largely through treaties concluded among states... Read more

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	Anniversaries ; ...1214; King Edward II, 1284; Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, 1599; James Ferguson, astronomer, 1710; Emerich de Vattel, diplomat and jurist, 1714; Sir Mark Isambard Brunel, engineer and inventor, 1769; John Keble, Anglican priest and... Read more
	Humanitarian intervention and international relations ; ...aid people in distress as an invitation for predation disguised as humanitarianism. One century later, in contrast, Emerich Vattel insisted that "if a prince, by violating the fundamental laws, gives his subjects a lawful cause for resisting him... Read more
	The wars of the poppies; Leslie Marchant sees the Opium Wars as a philosophical clash between two cultures and two notions of government and society. ; ...anti-slavers, evangelical revivalists, believers in the family of nations promoted by the author of The Law of Nations, Emerich de Vattel (1714-67), anti-monopolists and free-traders all joined in the fray. The British struggle in China was a logical... Read more
	A new ethical front. (Global Newsstand).(Brief Article) ; ...access to an enemy position to kill treacherously would not. Mattox argues that good faith is essential, quoting Emerich de Vattel, Swiss author of The Law of Nations: If there were no longer any faith between enemies, the only certain end to... Read more
	(book reviews) ; ...argument, however, rested on ethics rather than economics and failed to convince other natural law theorists, such as Emerich de Vattel, who wrote, Every nation may decide upon what conditions it will receive foreign goods, and may even refuse to receive... Read more

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