Project Gutenberg 2014-08-11 Public domain in the USA. 209 Grotius, Hugo 1583 1645 Groot, Hugo de De Groot, Hugo Hill, David Jayne 1850 1932 Campbell, A. C. (Archibald Colin) Campbell, Archibald Colin The Rights of War and Peace Produced by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Rights of War and Peace" by Hugo Grotius is a foundational treatise on international law written in the early 17th century. This seminal text explores the legal and moral underpinnings of war and peace, aiming to establish rules governing conflicts and the relationships between nations. Grotius argues for the existence of natural laws governing human conduct that transcend mere civil legislation, shaping the principles of war, justice, and international relations. The opening of "The Rights of War and Peace" sets the stage for Grotius's exploration of the nature of war and the rights associated with it. He begins by defining war and the concept of right, discussing the different forms of rights among various societal structures, including those of governors versus the governed. Grotius posits that while war is frequently perceived as an act of force, it can also be justified based on natural rights and societal contracts. Furthermore, he emphasizes that true justice must be considered in any discussion about the legitimacy of war, suggesting that even conflict can bear a moral dimension if conducted under the principles of natural law. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46564/46564-h/images/cover.jpg en War (International law) International law Natural law KZ Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Law & Criminology Browsing: Politics 1177511 1177519 2024-09-19T12:19:59.718364 2023-09-20T08:26:15.277298 text/html text/html 1172459 2014-08-11T15:29:44 text/html; charset=utf-8 964401 2014-08-11T15:32:58 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1038484 2024-09-19T12:20:15.404279 application/epub+zip 1052663 2024-09-19T12:20:02.440355 application/epub+zip 495006 2024-09-19T12:20:00.970361 application/epub+zip 1387261 2024-09-19T12:20:25.029229 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1277575 2024-09-19T12:20:13.820290 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 738550 2022-09-21T07:32:46.045294 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1033802 2024-09-19T12:19:57.626380 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1033834 2014-08-11T15:29:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 366482 2014-08-11T15:32:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1033468 2014-08-11T15:30:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 365862 2014-08-11T15:32:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1033462 2014-08-11T15:31:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 365800 2014-08-11T15:32:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23176 2024-09-19T12:20:25.195220 application/rdf+xml 31399 2024-09-19T12:20:01.133351 image/jpeg 4648 2024-09-19T12:20:01.050352 image/jpeg 964981 2024-09-19T12:19:59.837378 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia