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Hugo Grotius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Hugo Grotius (Huig de Groot, or Hugo de Groot; Delft, 10th April 1583 - Rostock, 28th August 1645) worked as a jurist in the United Provinces (now the Netherlands) and laid the foundations for international law, based on natural law. He was also a philosopher, Christian apologist, playwright, and poet. ..." |
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| 10 Apr 1583, in Delft, The Netherlands |
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| 28 Aug 1645, in Rostock, Germany |
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Hugo Grotius
The History of Economic Thought, The New School for Social Research |
Huig de Groot (Hugo Grotius)
Oregon State University, Philosophy Department |
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Just War, by Murray N. Rothbard, Costs of War, May 1994
Related Topics: War
"Hugo Grotius and conservative natural lawyers believed that the delegation of sovereignty, once transferred, was irrevocable ... The more radical libertarian theorists ... believed, quite sensibly, that since the original delegation was voluntary and contractual, the people had the right to take back that sovereignty should the king grossly violate his trust." |
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On The Law Of War And Peace, 1625
Related Topic: War
Electronic text (translated by A. C. Campbell in 1814) available at the Constitution Society's Liberty Library of Constitutional Classics |
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