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" The rights of war and peace / "
Hugo Grotius ; edited and with an introduction by Richard Tuck ; from the edition by Jean Barbeyrac.
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699078
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De jure belli ac pacis libri tres.English
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Grotius, Hugo,1583-1645.
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The rights of war and peace /\ Hugo Grotius ; edited and with an introduction by Richard Tuck ; from the edition by Jean Barbeyrac.
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Indianapolis, Ind. :: Liberty Fund,, [2005]
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, ©2005
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Natural law and enlightenment classics.
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3 volumes (xxxvii, 1988 pages) ;; 24 cm.
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0865974322
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"Major legal and political works of Hugo Grotius"--T.p., v. 1.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 1763-1814) and index.
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v. 1: The life of Hugo Grotius -- Dedication -- The preliminary discourse -- What war is, and what right is -- Whether it is ever lawful to make war -- The division of war into publick and private; together with an explication of the Supreme Power -- Of a war made by subjects against their sovereigns -- Who may lawfully make war -- v. 2: Of the causes of war; and first of the defence of persons and goods -- Of things which belong in common to all men -- Of the original acquisition of things; where also is treated of the sea and rivers -- Of a thing presumed to be quitted, and of the right of possession that follows; and how such possession differs from usucaption and prescription -- Of the original acquisition of a right over persons; where also is treated of the rights of parents: of marriages: of societies: of the right over subjects; and over slaves -- Of an acquisition (possession or purchase) derived from a man's own deed; where also of the alientation of a government, and of the things and revenues that belong to that government -- Of an acquisition derived to one by vertue of some law; where also of succeeding to the effects and estate of a man who dies without a will -- Of such properties as are commonly called acquisitions by the right of nations -- When jurisdiction and property cease -- Of the obligation that arises from property -- Of promises -- Of contracts -- Of an oath -- Of the promises, contracts, and oaths of those who have the sovereign power -- Of publick treaties as well as those that are made by the sovereign himself, as those that are concluded without his order -- Of interpretation, or the way of explaining the sense of a promise or convention -- Of the damage done by an injury, and of the obligation thence arising -- Of the right of embassage -- Of the right of burial -- Of punishments -- Of the communication of punishments -- Of the unjust causes of war -- Of the dubious causes of war -- Exhortations not rashly to engage in a war, tho' for just reasons -- Of the causes for which war is to be undertaken on the account of others -- Of the reasons that justify those who, under another's command, engage in war -- v. 3: Certain general rules, showing what by the law of nature is allowable in war, where also the author treats of deceit and lying -- How subjects goods are by the law of nations obligated for their princes debts; where also of reprisals -- Of a just and solemn war, according to the right of nations, and of the declaration of such a war -- The right of killing enemies, and exercising other violence on their person, in a solemn war -- Of wasting and plundering -- Of the rights to things taken in war -- Of the rights over prisoners -- Of the jurisdiction that victors gainover those they conquer -- Of the right of postliminy -- Some advices concerning what is done in an unjust war -- The right of killing in a just war, qualified -- The right of wasting, and such other violences, qualified -- The right over things taken in war, qualified -- Moderation in regard to prisoners -- Moderation in obtaining empire and sovereignty -- Moderation concerning those things which by the law of nations have not the benefit of postliminy -- Of neuters in war -- Of private actions in a publick war -- Of faith between enemies -- Of the publick faith by which war is concluded; where also of treaties of peace, of lots, of set combats, of arbitration, of surrenders, of hostages, and of pawns -- Of faith during war, where of the cessation of arms, of safe conduct, and the ransoming of prisoners -- Of the faith of generals and officers -- Of the faith of promises of private persons during the war -- Of faith tacitly given -- The conclusion, with exhortations to preserve faith and peace.
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| Abstract
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Laying the foundation for a universal code of law, this is a work in modern public international law. It was considered to be a major work of political theory that defended the rights of individual agents - states as well as private persons - to use their power to secure themselves and their property.
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International law.
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Natural law.
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War (International law)
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| Dewey Classification
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341.6
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KZ2093.A3J8813 2005
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JX2093.E5 2005
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Tuck, Richard,1949-
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