Ah...so you believe they were discussing “Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences” commited against a book called the Law of Nations...
No, but the authority on the Law of Nations was de Vattel who the Founding Father read, and obviously, his book on the subject made an impression on them.
807 posted on 10/16/2010 11:29:28 PM PDT by Red Steel
No, but the authority on the Law of Nations was de Vattel who the Founding Father read, and obviously, his book on the subject made an impression on them.
You do realize that the term "law of nations" wasn't invented by Vattel, right?