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RE: the Law of Nations

Article 1 Section 8 of COTUS contains the line “To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;”

Law of Nations is capitalized, like one would do when citing a Book.

Have any scholars come out with an opinion on whether (or not) that is a specific reference to Vattel’s book?

If it is a specific reference to Vattel it seems like that would be huge.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Law of Nations is capitalized, like one would do when citing a Book.

So are "Piracies" and "Felonies." In fact, almost all nouns are capitalized in the Constitution-- that was 18th century style.