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OverviewSwiss-born Emer de Vattel (1714–1767) was one of the last eminent thinkers of natural law. He shaped the later part of early-modern natural jurisprudence. At the time, the subject had become a fashionable academic sub-discipline in both jurisprudence and philosophy. Vattel's considerable impact on statesmen, political thinkers, diplomats and lawyers during his lifetime and after rested primarily on the fact that his The Law of Nations (1758) transformed natural law into the basis of a more comprehensive and practicable theory of interstate relations. His ideas served to promote reform programmes whose comprehensive natures spanned the domains of economic reform, constitutionalism and international diplomacy and foreign trade policy. Vattel's conception centred round the principle that defined all sovereign states as nations composed of societies of free men and profoundly influenced legal and political debates in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Schröder (University College London)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.641kg ISBN: 9781108489447ISBN 10: 1108489443 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 24 June 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsConcepts and contexts of Vattel's political and legal thought – an introduction Peter Schröder; Part I. Historical and Intellectual Contexts: 1. In search of a nation: Vattel, Neuchâtel and the Swiss confederacy Nadir Weber; 2. Sovereignty contested: Vattel's use of Leibniz, Hobbes and Pufendorf Ben Holland; 3. The development of the law of nations: Wolff and Vattel Ere Nokkala; 4. Vattel and the Abbe de Choisy: French historiography, piety and law of nations Francesca Iurlaro; 5. Vattel and the seven years' war Koen Stapelbroek; Part II. Concepts: 6. Vattel, the balance of power, and the moral justification of war Camilla Boisen; 7. Regular war, irregulars, and savages Pablo Kalmanovitz; 8. Constitutionalism Antonio Trampus; 9. Vattel's theory of the social contract Gabriella Silvestrini; Part III. Receptions: 10. Vattel's reception in British America, 1761–1775 Mark Somos; 11. Tradition and revolution: eighteenth century German and French contexts and Vattel's law of nations Nathaniel Boyd; 12. Vattel's law of nations in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Greece and Italy Elisabetta Fiocchi Malaspina; 13. Reception of Vattel in 18th and early 19th century England and Scotland Marco Barducci; 14. Receptions of Vattel in 19th- and 20th-century international law Theodore Christov; 15. Vattel's reception in international relations Richard Devetak.Reviews'This volume sheds exciting new light on one of the most important figures in the history of international law, diplomacy, and politics, Emer de Vattel. Rather than treating Vattel as a philosopher, the contributors focus instead on how he reworked natural law thought to cope with the exigencies of European war and peace-making. The result is an illuminating and multifaceted picture of Vattel in the contexts of his many receptions and uses.' Ian Hunter, Emeritus Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland 'This volume sheds exciting new light on one of the most important figures in the history of international law, diplomacy, and politics, Emer de Vattel. Rather than treating Vattel as a philosopher, the contributors focus instead on how he reworked natural law thought to cope with the exigencies of European war and peace-making. The result is an illuminating and multifaceted picture of Vattel in the contexts of his many receptions and uses.' Ian Hunter, Emeritus Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland Concepts and Contexts of Vattel's Political and Legal Thought brings together a collection of highly original and penetrating studies of one of the founders of international law whose Law of Nations remained a classic up until the twentieth-century. This is an excellent place to start thinking about why sovereign states should help one another and under which conditions they could do so. Bela Kapossy, Professor of Modern History, Universite de Lausanne Author InformationPeter Schröder is Professor of the History of Political Thought at University College London. He was visiting Professor at universities in Seoul, Rome and Paris and has held numerous senior research fellowships. Recent publications include Trust in Early Modern International Political Thought, 1598–1713 (2017), and a German translation of R. Filmer, Patriarcha (2019). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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