The Law of Nations. Emer de Vattel
93. Other cases:—two of the parties in an alliance coming to a rupture,
94. Refusal of the succours due in virtue of an alliance,
96. Those who make a common cause with the enemy are his associates,
97. and those who assist him, without being obliged to it by treaties,
98. or who are in an offensive alliance with him,
99. How a defensive alliance associates with the enemy,
101. In what case it does not produce the same effect, <xlv>
102. Whether it be necessary to declare war against the enemy’s associates,
CHAPTER VII Of Neutrality,—and the Passage of Troops through a Neutral Country.
104. Conduct to be pursued by a neutral nation,
105. An ally may furnish the succour due from him, and remain neuter,
106. Right of remaining neuter,
108. Additional reason for making those treaties,
109. Foundation of the rules of neutrality,
111. Trade of neutral nations with those which are at war,
113. Whether such goods may be confiscated,
115. Enemy’s property on board a neutral ship,
116. Neutral property on board an enemy’s ship,
117. Trade with a besieged town,
118. Impartial offices of neutrals,
119. Passage of troops through a neutral country,
121. It may be refused for good reasons,
122. In what case it may be forced,
123. The fear of danger authorises a refusal,
124. or a demand of every reasonable security,
125. Whether always necessary to give every kind of security required,
126. Equality to be observed towards both parties, as to the passage,
127. No complaint lies against a neutral state for granting a passage,
128. That state may refuse it from fear of the resentment of the opposite party,
129. and lest her country should become the theatre of war,
130. What is included in the grant of passage,
132. No hostility to be committed in a neutral country,
133. Neutral country not to afford a retreat to troops, that they may again attack their enemies,
134. Conduct to be pursued by troops passing through a neutral country,
135. A passage may be refused for a war evidently unjust, <xlvi>
136. General principle of the rights against an enemy in a just war,
138. The right to weaken an enemy by every justifiable method,
139. The right over the enemy’s person,
140. Limits of that right:—an enemy not to be killed after ceasing to resist;
141. A particular case, in which quarter may be refused,
143. Whether a governor of a town can be punished with death for an obstinate defence,
145. Women, children, the aged, and sick,