Book by Hugo Grotius
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Grotius : De jure belli ac pacis". Archived from the original on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Holland, Thomas E. (1908). The Laws of War on Land. The Clarendon Press.