Preliminary Material / V. Chetail and P. Haggenmacher -- Introduction. Le modèle de Vattel et la discipline du droit international / Peter Haggenmacher -- Chapter I. ‘International Community’ from Dante to Vattel / Martti Koskenniemi -- Chapter II. De la balance politique et de ses rapports avec le droit des gens: Vattel, la ‘guerre pour l’équilibre’ et le système européen / Bruno Arcidiacono -- Chapter III. Vattel, Rousseau et la question de la ‘justice’ de la guerre / Gabriella Silvestrini -- Chapter IV. Les dualismes du Droit des gens / Emmanuelle Jouannet -- Chapter V. Vattel et le droit des traités / Pierre-Marie Dupuy -- Chapter VI. Lauterpacht and Vattel on the Sources of International Law: The Place of Private Law Analogies and General Principles / Amanda Perreau-Saussine -- Chapter VII. Vattel’s Natural Liberty of Conscience of Nations in a New Age of Belief and Faith / Anthony Carty -- Chapter VIII. Les compétences territoriales / Giovanni Distefano -- Chapter IX. Vattel and Colonialism: Some Preliminary Observations / Antony Anghie -- Chapter X. Vattel and the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes / Lucius Caflisch -- Chapter XI. Le droit des relations commerciales: entre mercantilisme et libéralisme / Tabrizi Ben Salah -- Chapter XII. Vattel et le droit des relations diplomatiques: un précurseur du droit diplomatique contemporain? / Eric Wyler -- Chapter XIII. Vattel et le ius ad bellum / Slim Laghmani -- Chapter XIV. Vattel and the Laws of War: A Tale of Three Circles / Stephen C. Neff -- Chapter XV. Neutrality and Alliances / Stefan Oeter -- Chapter XVI. A Schoolmaster Abolishing Homework? Vattel on Peacemaking and Peace Treaties / Randall Lesaffer -- Conclusion. Vattel et la sémantique du droit des gens: une tentative de reconstruction critique / Vincent Chetail -- Index / V. Chetail and P. Haggenmacher.

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No other scholar has so deeply influenced the development of international law or shaped the doctrinal debates as Vattel. More than 250 years after its publication, his Law of Nations has remained the most frequently quoted treatise of international law. Vattel's International Law from a XXIst Century Perspective explores the reasons behind the extraordinary authority of Vattel and analyses its continuing relevance for thinking and understanding contemporary international law. It gathers the contributions from well-known experts of international law and history for the purpose of evaluating the Law of Nations from a XXIst century perspective. The multiple facets of Vattel’s thinking are apprehended through a wide-ranging and comprehensive analysis respectively devoted to the international system, the sources of international law, the subjects of international law, the law of peace, and the law of war.