Jus gentium

Jus gentium, Latin for "law of nations", was originally the part of Roman law that the Roman Empire applied to its dealings with foreigners, especially provincial subjects. In later times the Latin term came to refer to the natural or common law among nations^{[citation needed]} considered as states within a larger human society, especially governing the rules of peace and war, national boundaries, diplomatic exchanges, and extradition, that together with jus inter gentes makes up public international law.

References

• Relectiones, Franciscus de Victoria (lect. 1532, first pub. 1557). Available online here.
• The Law of War and Peace, Hugo Grotius (1625). Available online here.
• The Law of Nature and of Nations, Samuel Pufendorf (1674, tr. Basil Kennett 1703). Available online here, under construction.
• Questions of Public Law, Cornelius van Bynkershoek (1737). Available online here.
• The Law of Nations, Emmerich de Vattel (1758). Available online here.
• Tucker's Blackstone, St. George Tucker (1803). Available online here.