Carlos Calvo

Carlos Calvo was an Argentine publicist and historian, who devoted himself to the study of the law.In 1860 he was sent by the Paraguayan government on a special mission to London and Paris. Remaining in France, he published in 1863 his Derecho internacional teórico y práctico de Europa y America, in two volumes, and at the same time brought out a French version. The book contained the essence of what has come to be known as the Calvo Doctrine in international law is named after him.