Hugo Grotius

The Freedom of the Seas

Or The Right which Belongs to the Dutch to Take Part in the East Indian Trade. Translated with a Revision of the Latin Text of 1633 by Ralph van Deman Magoffin. Edited with an Introductory Note by James Brown Scott (1916)
Herausgeber: Scott, James Brown

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A classic treatise on international maritime law. Originally published: New York: Oxford University Press, 1916. xv, (xiv-xv, 79 pp. paged in duplicate (158 pp.)), 81-83 pp. (total 182 pp.) A translation of Grotius's Mare Liberum, with Latin and English on facing pages. This groundbreaking work was commissioned by the Dutch East India Company to dispute the monopoly on East Indian trade routes claimed by the Portuguese. It argues that the seas are international territory open to all nations, thus rejecting the idea that any area of the seas could belong to a country. An instant classic, it received a great deal of attention when it was published in 1609. Perhaps the most important reply is John Selden's Mare Clausum (1635), which defends British claims to sovereignty over the coastal waters of the British Isles.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781584771821
• ISBN-10: 1584771828
• Artikelnr.: 48074028

Autorenporträt

HUGO GROTIUS (1583-1645) who has been called the "father of international law" was a Dutch statesman, scholar, lawyer, and humanist. Astoundingly intelligent, he entered the University of Leiden at age eleven and graduated at age fifteen. He was a philosopher and Christian apologist now remembered for his work in establishing a philosophical basis for international law.