Explores how Vattel used the natural law tradition to frame a pragmatic and treaty-oriented model of the law of nations.

Swiss-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 study of natural law and the law of nations in the early-modern period has expanded remarkably during the last decades. This has partly been inspired by co

Samuel Pufendorf (1632-1694) is regarded as one of the eminent thinkers of the early-modern era, critical in the shaping of the period's natural jurisprudence.

A major new account of the post-Napoleonic Holy Alliance and the promise it held for liberals The Holy Alliance is now most familiar as a label for conspiratori