De jure belli ac pacis

De jure belli ac pacis, title page from the first edition of 1625.
De jure belli ac pacis, title page from the second edition of 1631.

De iure belli ac pacis (English: On the Law of War and Peace) is a 1625 book written by Hugo Grotius on the legal status of war that is regarded as a foundational work in international law.[1][2][3][4] The work takes up Alberico Gentili's De jure belli of 1598,[5] as demonstrated by Thomas Erskine Holland.[6] The book was written in Latin and published in Paris.

  1. ^ Grotius, Hugo (April 18, 1625). Hugonis Grotii de Jure belli ac pacis libri tres, in quibus jus naturae et gentium, item juris publici praecipua explicantur – via gallica.bnf.fr.
  2. ^ "Grotius : De jure belli ac pacis". Archived from the original on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  3. ^ Reeves, Jesse S. (1925). "The First Edition of Grotius' De Jure Belli Ac Pacis, 1625". American Journal of International Law. 19 (1): 12–22. doi:10.2307/2189080. ISSN 0002-9300.
  4. ^ Reeves, Jesse S. (1925). "Grotius, de Jure Belli ac Pacis: A Bibliographical Accounts". American Journal of International Law. 19 (2): 251–262. doi:10.2307/2189252. ISSN 0002-9300.
  5. ^ Suin, Davide (2017). "Principi supremi e societas hominum: il problema del potere nella riflessione di Alberico Gentili". SCIENZA & POLITICA per Una Storia delle Dottrine (in Italian). 24. doi:10.6092/issn.1825-9618/7106.
  6. ^ Holland, Thomas E. (1908). The Laws of War on Land. The Clarendon Press.