Hugo Grotius on the Law of War and Peace Student Edition [Paperback]

An edited and annotated edition of one of the classic works of Western legal and political thought.This edited and annotated edition of one of the classic works of Western legal and political thought is intended for students and teachers in four primary areas: history of international law, history of political thought, history of international relations and history of philosophy.This edited and annotated edition of one of the classic works of Western legal and political thought is intended for students and teachers in four primary areas: history of international law, history of political thought, history of international relations and history of philosophy.Despite its significant influence on international law, international relations, natural law and political thought in general, Grotius's Law of War and Peace has been virtually unavailable for many decades. Stephen Neff's edited and annotated version of the text rectifies this situation. Containing the substantive portion of the classic text, but shorn of extraneous material, this edited and annotated edition of one of the classic works of Western legal and political thought is intended for students and teachers in four primary areas: history of international law, history of political thought, history of international relations and history of philosophy.Introduction; On the Law of War and Peace: prologue; Book I: 1. What is war? What is law?; 2. Whether it is ever lawful to wage war; 3. Distinction between public and private war, explanation of sovereignty (Summi imperii); 4. War of subjects against superiors; Book II: 1. The causes of war: first, defence of self and property; 2. Of things which belong to men in common; 3. Of original acquisitions of things, with special reference to the sea and rivers; 4. On assumed abandonment of ownership and occupation consequent thereon, and wherein this differs from ownership by usucaption and by prescription; 5. On the original acquisition of rights over persons. Herein arelch