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Born April 25, 1714 • Switzerland
Died December 28, 1767 (aged 53) • Neuchâtel • Switzerland
Notable Works “Le droit des gens”
Subjects Of Study international relations • natural law
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Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut
German jurist
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Eugen Huber
Swiss jurist
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Paddy Ashdown
British politician
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas
United States jurist
English philosopher Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
United States jurist
Liz Truss
Liz Truss
prime minister of United Kingdom
William Blackstone
Sir William Blackstone
English jurist
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Sir Edward Coke
English jurist
U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Sue Chutkan
Tanya Sue Chutkan
American lawyer and jurist
Robert H. Bork
Robert H. Bork
United States jurist
Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan
United States jurist
Halford Mackinder
Halford Mackinder
British political geographer
Savigny, Friedrich Karl von
Friedrich Karl von Savigny
German jurist and historian
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H.L.A. Hart
English philosopher, teacher, and author
Freiherr von Pufendorf
Samuel, baron von Pufendorf
German jurist and historian
Kim Yo-Jong
Kim Yo-Jong
North Korean political official
Sir Matthew Hale, detail of an oil painting after John Michael Wright; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Matthew Hale
English legal scholar
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John Austin
English jurist
Gentz, Friedrich
Friedrich Gentz
German political journalist