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The
Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law (1758)
Emmerich
de Vattel
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Prefaces
Preliminaries
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 Properly, 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
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