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    The Rights of War and Peace

    Hugo Grotius

    The Rights of War and Peace, by Hugo Grotius (1583–1645), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.

    Chapters
    51
    Variants
    51
    Genre
    Law
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    Chapters

    1. 01General Prefaceprose
    2. 02Introduction, The Work and Influence of Hugo Grotius.prose
    3. 03I. The Reign of War.prose
    4. 04II. The Predecessors of Grotius.prose
    5. 05III. The Life and Personality of Grotius.prose
    6. 06IV. The Work of Grotius.prose
    7. 07V. The Influence of Grotius’s Work.prose
    8. 08Book I, Chapter I.prose
    9. 09Chapter II.: Inquiry Into the Lawfulness of War.prose
    10. 10Chapter III.: The Division of War Into Public and Private and the Nature of Sovereign Power.prose
    11. 11Book II, Chapter I.: Defence of Person and Property.prose
    12. 12Chapter II.: The General Rights of Things.prose
    13. 13Chapter III.: On the Original Acquistion of Things, and the Right of Property in Seas and Rivers.prose
    14. 14Chapter IV.: Title to Desert Lands by Occupancy, Possession, and Precription.prose
    15. 15Chapter IX.: In What Cases Jurisdiction and Property Cease.prose
    16. 16Chapter X.: The Obligation Arising From Property.prose
    17. 17Chapter XI.: On Promises.prose
    18. 18Chapter XII.: On Contracts.prose
    19. 19Chapter XIII.: On Oaths.prose
    20. 20Chapter XV.: On Treaties and on Engagements made by Delegates, Exceeding their Power.prose
    21. 21Chapter XVI.: The Interpretation of Treaties.prose
    22. 22Chapter XVII.: On Damages Occasioned by Injury and the Obligation to Repair Them.prose
    23. 23Chapter XVIII.: On the Right of Embassies.prose
    24. 24Chapter XIX.: On the Right of Burial.prose
    25. 25Chapter XX.: On Punishments.prose
    26. 26Chapter XXI.: On the Communication of Punishment.prose
    27. 27Chapter XXII.: On the Unjust Causes of War.prose
    28. 28Chapter XXIII.: On Doubtful Causes.prose
    29. 29Chapter XXIV.: Precautions Against Rashly Engaging in War, Even Upon Just Grounds.prose
    30. 30Chapter XXV.: The Causes of Undertaking War for Others.prose
    31. 31Book III, Chapter I.: What is Lawful in War.prose
    32. 32Chapter II.: In What Manner the Law of Nations Renders the Property of Subjects Answerable for the Debts of Sovereigns. prose
    33. 33Chapter III.: On Just or, Solemn War According to the Law of Nations on Declarations of War.prose
    34. 34Chapter IV.: On the Right of Killing an Enemy in Lawful War, and Committing Other Acts of Hostility.prose
    35. 35Chapter V.: On the Right to Lay Waste an Enemy’s Country, and Carry Off His Effects.prose
    36. 36Chapter VI.: On the Acquisition of Territory and Property by Right of Conquest.prose
    37. 37Chapter VII.: On the Right Over Prisoners of War.prose
    38. 38Chapter VIII.: On Empire Over the Conquered.prose
    39. 39Chapter IX.: Of the Right of Postliminium.prose
    40. 40Chapter XI.: The Right of Killing Enemies, in Just War, to be Tempered with Moderation and Humanity.prose
    41. 41Chapter XII.: On Moderation in Despoiling An Enemy’s Country.prose
    42. 42Chapter XIII.: On Moderation in Making Captures in War.prose
    43. 43Chapter XV.: On Moderation in Acquiring Dominion.prose
    44. 44Chapter XVI.: On Moderation with Respect to Things Excluded from the Right of Postliminium by the Law of Nations.prose
    45. 45Chapter XVII.: Respecting Those Who are Neutral in War.prose
    46. 46Chapter XIX.: On Good Faith Between Enemies.prose
    47. 47Chapter XX.: On the Public Faith, by which War is Concluded; Comprising Treaties of Peace, and the Nature of Arbitrationprose
    48. 48Chapter XXI.: On Faith During the Continuance of War, on Truces, Safe-Conducts, and the Redemption of Prisoners.prose
    49. 49Chapter XXII.: On the Faith on Those Invested with Subordinate Powers in War.prose
    50. 50Chapter XXIV.: On Tacit Faith.prose
    51. 51Chapter XXV.: Conclusion.prose

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    Ideas107

    Law of nations · Law of Nature · Postliminium · Oaths · Civil Law · Mosaic law · Sovereignty · Good Faith · Peace · Right of conquest

    Places81

    Rome · Athens · Carthage · Egypt · Attica · Germany · Holland · Saguntum · Spain · Thebes

    Groups118

    Romans · Athenians · Spartans · Carthaginians · Jews · Christians · Greeks · Hebrews · Egyptians · Persians

    Events30

    The Flood · Second Punic War · Thirty Years' War · 1899 Hague Peace Conference commemoration · Abraham's recovery from the five kings · Battle of Lützen · Battle of Salamis · Caudian Convention · Convention of Luctatius · Convention of Numantia

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    De Jure Belli ac Pacis · Annals of the War of Independence · Bibliotheca Grotiana · Caduceum · Ceremonial declaration spear · Commemorative silver wreath · Consolato del Mare · Critique of Pure Reason · Dabistan · De Jure Praedae

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