Louis Renault (21 May 1843 – 8 February 1918) was a French jurist and educator, and the co-winner in 1907 (withErnesto Teodoro Moneta) of theNobel Peace Prize.
Renault was prominent as an arbitrator, his more famous cases including the Japanese House Tax case of 1905, the Casa Blanca Case of 1909, theSarvarkar Case of 1911, theCarthage case of 1913, and theManouba case of 1913. Among his writings are articles and monographs on the specialized topics of international law. Together with his friend and colleague C. Lyon-Caen, he produced several works on commercial law, including acompendium in two volumes, a treatise in eight volumes, and a manual that ran to many editions.
In 1879, Renault published his Introduction to the Study of International Law and in 1917 First Violations of International Law by Germany, concerning theinvasion of Belgium and ofLuxembourg in breach ofGermany's treaty obligations.
