[DiogenesLamp]

Wow! So he was the only resource available? No one else at all? Not one single other legal writer or code for them to consider?

Well, there was Bacon on the law,(1736) but he says the same thing that Vattel said. :)

He even puts the requirement of Loyal Parents BEFORE place of birth. While we're on the Subject, Aristotle also said

[DiogenesLamp]

Never mind what Aristotle said. It’s too much trouble to hunt it up right now.