The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law (1758)
Emmerich de Vattel
Book I: Of Nations Considered in Themselves
- Chap. 1: Of Nations or Sovereign States
- Chap. 2: General Principles of the Duties of a Nation Towards Herself
- Chap. 3: Of the Constitution of a State, and its Duties and Rights
- Chap. 4: Of the Sovereign, His Obligations, and His Rights
- Chap. 5: Of States, Elective, Successive, Hereditary and Patrimonial
- Chap. 6: Principal Objects of a Good Government; First, to Provide for Necessities
- Chap. 7: Of the Cultivation of the Soil
- Chap. 8: Of Commerce
- Chap. 9: Of the Care of the Public Ways; and of Tolls
- Chap. 10: Of Money and Exchange
- Chap. 11: Second Object of a Good Government, to Procure True Happiness
- Chap. 12: Of Piety and Religion
- Chap. 13: Of Justice and Polity
- Chap. 14: Third Object of a Good Government, to Fortify Itself Against Attacks
- Chap. 15: Of the Glory of a Nation
- Chap. 16: Protection Sought by a Nation, and Submission to a Foreign Power
- Chap. 17: How a Nation May Renounce Her Allegiance to Her Sovereign
- Chap. 18: Establishment of a Nation in a Country
- Chap. 19: Of Our Native Country, and Several Things That Relate to It
- Chap. 20: Public, Common, and Private Property
- Chap. 21: Of the Alienation of the Public Property, or the Domain
- Chap. 22: Of Rivers, Streams, and Lakes
- Chap. 23: Of the Sea
Book II: Of a Nation Considered in Her Relation to Other States
- Chap. 1: Of the Common Duties of a Nation Towards Other States
- Chap. 2: Of the Mutual Commerce Between Nations
- Chap. 3: Of the Dignity and Equality of Nations, of Titles, and Honour
- Chap. 4: Of the Right to Security, and the Independence of Nations
- Chap. 5: Of the Observance of Justice between Nations
- Chap. 6: Of the Concern a Nation May Have in the Actions of Her Citizens
- Chap. 7: Effects of the Domain, Between Nations
- Chap. 8: Rules Respecting Foreigners
- Chap. 9: Rights Retained after the Introduction of Domain and Property
- Chap. 10: How a Nation Is to Use Her Right of Domain
- Chap. 11: Of Usucaption and Prescription between Nations
- Chap. 12: Of Treaties of Alliance and Other Public Treaties
- Chap. 13: Of the Dissolution and Renewal of Treaties
- Chap. 14: Of Conventions Between the Sovereign and Private Persons
- Chap. 15: Of the Faith of Treaties
- Chap. 16: Of Securities Given for the Observance of Treaties
- Chap. 17: Of the Interpretation of Treaties
- Chap. 18: Of the Mode of Terminating Disputes Between Nations
Book III: Of War
- Chap. 1: Of War, its Different Kinds, and the Right of Making War
- Chap. 2: Of the Instruments of War, the Raising of Troops, etc.
- Chap. 3: Of the Just Causes of War
- Chap. 4: Of the Declaration of War, and of War in Due Form
- Chap. 5: Of the Enemy, and of Things Belonging to the Enemy
- Chap. 6: Of the Enemy’s Allies, Associations, Auxiliaries and Subsidies
- Chap. 7: Of Neutrality, and the Passage of Troops through a Neutral Country
- Chap. 8: Of the Rights of Nations in War, What We Have a Right to Do
- Chap. 9: Of the Right of War, with Respect to Things Belonging to the Enemy
- Chap. 10: Of Faith Between Enemies, of Stratagems, Artifices in War, and Spies
- Chap. 11: Of the Sovereign Who Wages an Unjust War
- Chap. 12: Of the Voluntary Law of Nations, as it Regards Regular Warfare
- Chap. 13: Of Acquisitions by War, and Particularly of Conquests
- Chap. 14: Of the Right of Postliminium
- Chap. 15: Of the Right of Private Persons in War
- Chap. 16: Of Various Conventions Made During the Course of the War
- Chap. 17: Of Safe-conducts and Passports, and Questions of Ransom
- Chap. 18: Of Civil War
Book IV: Of The Restoration of Peace: And of Embassies
- Chap. 1: Of Peace, and the Obligation to Cultivate It
- Chap. 2: Treaties of Peace
- Chap. 3: Of the Execution of the Treaty of Peace
- Chap. 4: Of the Observance and Breach of the Treaty of Peace
- Chap. 5: Of the Right of Embassy, of Sending and Receiving Public Ministers
- Chap. 6: Of the Several Orders of Public Ministers, and the Honours Due
- Chap. 7: Of the Rights, Privileges, and Immunities of Ambassadors, etc.
- Chap. 8: Of the Judge of Ambassadors in Civil Cases
- Chap. 9: Of the Ambassador’s House and Domestics
The Law of Nations, or, principles of the law of nature, applied to the conduct and affairs of nations and sovereigns. Translated from the French by Joseph Chitty, Esq. Based on the 1797 edition, republished by T. & J. W. Johnson, law booksellers, Philadelphia (1853), together with additional notes and references by Edward D. Ingraham, Esq. Ingraham’s annotations have been omitted.
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