Hugo Grotius

1583 - 1645

Titles on this disk:

• author: Commentary on the Law of Prize and Booty
• author: The Free Sea (Hakluyt trans.)
• author: The Freedom of the Seas (Latin and English version, Magoffin trans.)
• author: The Rights of War and Peace (1901 ed.)
• author: The Rights of War and Peace (2005 ed.) vol. 1 (Book I)
• author: The Rights of War and Peace (2005 ed.) vol. 2 (Book II)
• author: The Rights of War and Peace (2005 ed.) vol. 3 (Book III)

Quotations:

• (19 September, 2005) Hugo Grotius states that in an unjust war any acts of hostility done in that war are “unjust in themselves” (1625)
• (12 September, 2005) Hugo Grotius discusses the just causes of going to war, especially the idea that the capacity to wage war must be matched by the intent to do so (1625)
• (17 May, 2004) Hugo Grotius on sparing Civilian Property from Destruction in Time of War (1625)

About this person:

Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) was a Dutch scholar and jurist whose legal masterpiece, De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the law of war and peace) (1625), contributed significantly to the formation of international law as a distinct discipline. In addition to that work, Grotius wrote a number of literary pieces of lasting merit, including Sacra (a collection of Latin poems) and the drama Christus Patiens. Like Erasmus, Grotius sought to end the religious schism and urged the papacy to reconcile with the Protestant faiths.