Emer de Vattel and the Politics of Good Government: Constitutionalism, Small States and the International System

by Antonio Trampus

Book Overview

This book explores the history of the international order in the eighteenth and nineteenth century through a new study of Emer de Vattel's Droit des gens (1758). Drawing on unpublished sources from European archives and libraries, the book offers an in-depth account of the reception of Vattel's chief work. Vattel's focus on the myth of good government became a strong argument for republicanism, the survival of small states, drafting constitutions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030480267
• ISBN13: 9783030480264
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"