De Jure Praedae Commentarius: Ex Auctoris Codice Descripsit Et Vulgavit Hendrik Gerard Hamaker With an Unpublished Work of Hugo Grotius's - Softcover

Grotius, Hugo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1616191104 ISBN 13: 9781616191108

Publisher: Lawbook Exchange Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

Reprint of the first edition. Written between 1604 and 1605, De Jure Praedae [On the Law of Prize], which remained in manuscript until 1868, is the earliest significant legal work by Hugo Grotius [1583-1645]. His discussion of prize is not restricted to issues of legality; he seeks to determine also whether the capture of enemy material is honorable or expedient. He pursues these issues through an elegant argument based on natural law. Remarkable for its intellectual finesse and literary quality, De Jure Praedae is equally significant as the source of two of his most important writings. Mare Liberum (1609) is based on one of its chapters. It also contains an early version of De Jure Belli ac Pacis (1625). In this regard, the book offers a valuable introduction to the issues explored in these later works. Appended to this reprint is Robert J. Fruin's valuable essay An Unpublished Work of Hugo Grotius's. Written in 1868 and later republished in English in 1925, it remains the principal study of this work.

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Hugo Grotius [1583-1645], a pre-eminent contributor to international legal doctrine, was an influential Dutch jurist, philosopher and theologian. His other works include De Jure Belli ac Pacis [On the Law of War and Peace] (1625), one of the great treatises on international law, and Mare Liberum [The Freedom of the Seas] (1609), a compelling plea for free trade among nations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lawbook Exchange Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1616191104
• ISBN 13: 9781616191108
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 456