Property, piracy and punishment: Hugo Grotius on war and booty in De iure praedae : concepts and contexts

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 interdsiciplinary team of specialists, based on papers delivered at a conference at NIAS in Wassenaar in 2005. Sixteen essays discuss De iure praedae – Hugo Grotius’s 1604-1605 commentary on booty –, its sources, circumstances and consequences, and explore how Grotius the humanist, the theologian, the jurist and the politician concur in this his first exercise in naturallaw and rights.

• ISBN: 978-90-04-17513-6
• Editorial: Brill
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 416
• Fecha Publicación: 15/03/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés