Overview

In 1604-1605 Hugo Grotius wrote De iure praedae, a commentary on the law of booty and prize and a first step towards the Law of War and Peace of twenty years later. Not published in his own times, rediscovered in 1864, and subsequently published, it has been over-interpreted and under-studied. The sixteen essays in this volume discuss De iure praedae, its intellectual sources, personal and political circumstances and over-all consequences, exploring how Grotius as a humanist, theologian, jurist and politician proceeded in this his first exercise in the theory of natural law and rights. The essays are written by an international and interdisciplinary team of specialists, based on papers delivered at a conference at NIAS in Wassenaar in 2005. Originally published as Volumes 26 (2005), 27 (2006) and 28 (2007) of Brill's journal Grotiana.

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Author:   Hans Blom
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.835kg
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9789004175136

ISBN 10:   900417513
Pages:   422
Publication Date:   25 March 2009
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Hans Blom Hugo Grotius's Political and Scholarly Activities in the Light of his Correspondence, Henk J.M. Nellen Grotius, Maritime Intra-Asian Trade and the Portuguese Estado da India: Problems, Perspectives and Insights from De iure praedae, Peter Borschberg Problems of Legal Systematization from De iure praedae to De iure belli ac pacis. De iure praedae Chapter II and the Prolegomena of De iure belli ac pacis Compared, Laurens Winkel Law, War and Method in the Commentary on the Law of Prize by Hugo Grotius, Merio Scattola Grotius and Stobaeus, Jon Miller The Patristic Context in Early Grotius, Silke-Petra Bergjan Secularization in De iure praedae: from Bible Criticism to International Law, Mark Somos War, Piracy and Religion: Godfried Udemans' Spiritual Helm (1638), Joris van Eijnatten Using the Work. Remarks on the Text of De iure praedae, Jan Waszink Preparing Mare liberum for the Press: Hugo Grotius' Rewriting of Chapter 12 of De iure praedae in November-December 1608, Martine Julia van Ittersum 'Sequuntur dogmatica De iure praedae' - Law and theology in Grotius's use of sources in De iure praedae, Franco Todescan The VOC, Corporate Sovereignty and the Republican Sub-Text of De iure praedae, Eric Wilson Natural Rights and Roman Law in Hugo Grotius's Theses LVI, De iure praedae and Defensio capitis quinti maris liberi, Benjamin Straumann Tuck's Grotius: De Iure Praedae in Context, George Wright Beyond the Law. The Image of Piracy in the Legal Writings of Hugo Grotius, Michael Kempe Grotius and the Origin of the Ruler's Right to Punish, Gustaaf van Nifterik Index

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This volume will undoubtedly be a valuable reference point for future studies. Evan Haefeli, BMGN - The Low Countries Historical Review, 126: 3, 100-101

This volume will undoubtedly be a valuable reference point for future studies. Evan Haefeli, BMGN - The Low Countries Historical Review, 126: 3, 100-101

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Hans W. Blom teaches political philosophy and political science at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Collegium Civitas Warsaw. He publishes widely on early-modern political thought and the history of social and political concepts. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Grotiana.

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