Yes, but the specific text the birthers wish to cite was not translated until 1796.
And, if one were to be able to read the original text in French, the term “natural born citizen” would not come from a direct translation.
And finally, This is America and we are governed by our Constitution, not the the writings of Swiss philosophers.
Oxford University Press USA
America and the Law of Nations 1776-1939
Mark Weston Janis
ISBN13: 9780199579341
ISBN10: 0199579342 Hardback, 320 pages
Jun 2010, Not Yet Published
Description
The American Tradition of International Law 1776-1939 is a unique exploration of the ways in which Americans have
perceived, applied, advanced, and frustrated international law.
It demonstrates the varieties and continuities of America's approaches to international law.
The book begins with the important role the law of nations played for founders like Jefferson and Madison
in framing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
It then discusses the intellectual contributions to international law made by leaders in the New Republic -Kent and Wheaton-
and the place of international law in the 19th century judgments of Marshall, Story, and Taney.
The book goes on to examine the contributions of American utopians -Dodge, Worcester, Ladd, Burritt, and Carnegie-
to the establishment of the League of Nations, the World Court,
the International Law Association and the American Society of International Law.
It finishes with an analysis of the wavering support to international law given by Woodrow Wilson
and the emergence of a new American isolationism following the disappointment of World War I.
For anyone who hopes to understand the important place of international law in America and the
complex role of America in the development of international law,
The American Tradition of International Law 1776-1939 is a crucial read.
Table of Contents
1. The Law of Nations and the New Republic: Jefferson and Madison
2. The Law of Nations and International Law: Blackstone and Bentham
3. International Law and American Law: Marshall and Story
4. The International Law of Christendom: Kent and Wheaton
5. International Law and American Diplomacy: Jay and Webster
6. The Utopians: Dodge, Worcester, Ladd and Burritt
7. Slavery and American Exceptionalism: Taney and his Court
8. The Codification and Science of International Law: Lieber, Field and Wharton
9. The Alabama Arbitration and its Progeny: The International Law Association and the American Society of International Law
10. The New Utopians: Brace, Hill and Carnegie
11. The Reluctant International Law Enthusiast: Wilson
12. The Profession of International Law: Root and Scott
13. After Utopia: International Law and Isolationism
About the Author(s)
Mark Weston Janis is William F. Starr Professor of Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Born in Chicago in 1947, he is a graduate of Princeton (A.B. 1969),
Oxford (B.A. 1972) where he was a Rhodes scholar, and Harvard (J.D. 1977).
He served as a U.S. naval officer (1972-75), and practiced international corporate and financial law
with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and Paris (1977-80).
He first joined the faculty at Connecticut in 1980.
He was for four years (1993-97) a member of the law faculty of the University of Oxford in England
where he was Reader in Law, Fellow of Exeter College, and Director of Graduate Legal Studies (Research Degrees).
He is the author of three widely-adopted law school books:
An Introduction to International Law (Aspen 5th edn 2008),
Cases and Commentary on International Law (West 3rd edn 2006),
and European Human Rights Law (OUP 3rd edn 2008).
He has also published more than 50 articles on international law.
I am very puzzled with your statement about America being governed by the Constitution.
Why would any patriotic American back anyone that is so set on destroying it and our Nation?