Emer de Vattel

Emer de Vattel
Born(1714-04-25)25 April 1714
Couvet, Neuchâtel, Kingdom of Prussia
Died28 December 1767(1767-12-28) (aged 53)
Couvet, Neuchâtel, Kingdom of Prussia
Notable workThe Law of Nations
SchoolInternational law
Main interests
International law
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Plaque on the home of Emer de Vattel

Emmerich de Vattel (French pronunciation: [vat-těl] 25 April 1714 – 28 December 1767[1]) was a philosopher, diplomat, and jurist.

Vattel's work profoundly influenced the development of international law.[2][3] He is most famous for his 1758 work The Law of Nations. This work was his claim to fame and won him enough prestige to be appointed as a councilor to the court of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony. Vattel combined naturalist legal reasoning and positivist legal reasoning.[2]

  1. ^ Chisholm 1911.
  2. ^ a b Orakhelashvili, Alexander (2018). Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law. Routledge. pp. 3–4. doi:10.4324/9780429439391. ISBN 9780429439391. S2CID 159062874.
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