Emer de Vattel

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Emer de Vattel was an 18th-century Swiss legal philosopher best known for his influential treatise "The Law of Nations," which shaped modern international law and diplomatic practice.

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instanceOf Swiss jurist
diplomat
legal philosopher
person
birthDate 1714-04-25
birthPlace Couvet
Principality of Neuchâtel
Swiss Confederacy
citizenship Principality of Neuchâtel
Swiss Confederacy
deathDate 1767-12-28
describedIn The Law of Nations; or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the Conduct and Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns
educatedAt University of Basel
University of Geneva
employer Electorate of Saxony
familyName de Vattel
fieldOfWork international law
natural law theory
political philosophy
genre legal treatise
givenName Emer
hasPublicationYear 1758
influenced American constitutional thought
diplomatic practice in the 18th century
founders of the United States
international law doctrine of state sovereignty
influencedBy Christian Wolff
Hugo Grotius
Samuel von Pufendorf
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement Enlightenment
notableIdea doctrine of neutral rights in wartime
equality of sovereign states in international law
link between natural law and the law of nations
notableWork Le Droit des gens
The Law of Nations
occupation diplomat
jurist
philosopher
positionHeld councillor at the court of Saxony
diplomat of Saxony
primaryTopicOf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emer_de_Vattel
residence Dresden
Neuchâtel NERFINISHED
workLocation Dresden
Neuchâtel NERFINISHED

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Hugo Grotius
Hugo de Groot
Samuel Pufendorf
influenced
Emer de Vattel ("de Vattel")
familyName

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