VATTEL, EMERIC (EMER) DE Swiss jurist, the son of a Protestant minister, was born at Couvet, in the principality of Neuchatel, on April 25, 1714. He studied at Basel and Geneva. Vattel's reputation chiefly rests on his Droit des Bens, on Principes de la loi naturelle appliques a la conduite et aux affaires des nations et des souverains (Neuchatel, 1758). He died at Neuchatel on Dec. 28, 1767.