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The Law of Nations
Cover page
AuthorEmerich de Vattel
LanguageFrench
SubjectInternational Law
Publication date
1758
Publication placeSwitzerland
Published in English
1760 (1st)
1787 (2nd)
1793 (3rd)
1797 (4th)

The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the Conduct and Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns[Note 1] is a legal treatise on international law by Emerich de Vattel, published in 1758.[1] The Law of Nations has been said to have modernized the entire practice of international law.[citation needed]


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  1. ^ Le droit des gens ou Principes de la loi naturelle appliqués à la conduite et aux affaires des nations et des souverains. Tome 1 / par M. de Vattel, Londres : 1758 via Gallica; Le droit des gens ou Principes de la loi naturelle appliqués à la conduite et aux affaires des nations et des souverains. Tome 2 / par M. de Vattel, Londres : 1758 via Gallica

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