The Cambridge Companion to Grotius offers a comprehensive overview of Hugo Grotius (1583–1645) for students, teachers, and general readers, while its chapters also draw upon and contribute to recent specialised discussions of Grotius' oeuvre and its later reception. Contributors to this volume cover the width and breadth of Grotius' work and thought, ranging from his literary work, including his historical, theological and political writing, to his seminal legal interventions. While giving these various fields a separate treatment, the book also delves into the underlying conceptions and outlooks that formed Grotius' intellectual map of the world as he understood it, and as he wanted it to become, giving a new political and religious context to his forays into international and domestic law.
Author(s): Randall Lesaffer, Janne E. Nijman
Series: Cambridge Companions To Law
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2021
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF | Cover | TOC | Clean
Pages: 659
Tags: Grotius, Hugo: 1583-1645; International Law; International Relations
Cover
Half Title
Series Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Chronology
List of Abbreviations and Short Titles of Works by Grotius
Standard Editions and Translations of Grotius’ Work
Introduction
Part I | Grotius in Context
1 | Life and Intellectual Development
2 | Grotius as Legal, Political and Diplomatic Official in the Dutch Republic
3 | Grotius and the East Indies
Part II | Concepts
4 | Virtue
5 | Trust (Fides)
6 | Natural Law as True Law
7 | Sociability
8 | Sovereignty
9 | Church and State
10 | Predestination
11 | Rights (I)
12 | Rights (II)
13 | Property, Trade and Empire
Part III | Grotius as a Man of Letters, Theologian and Political Writer
14 | Literary Writings
15 | Historical Writings
16 | Theological Writings
17 | Political Writings
Part IV | Grotius as a Legal Scholar
18 | Legal Scholastic and Humanist Influences on Grotius
19 | Grotius’ Introduction to Hollandic Jurisprudence
20 | The Laws of War- and Peace-Making
21 | The Law of Armed Conflict
22 | The Freedom of the Seas
23 | Property
24 | The Law of Contract and Treaties
25 | Punishment and Crime
Part V | The Reception of Grotius
26 | Grotius and the Enlightenment
27 | Grotian Revivals in the Theory and History of International Law
28 | Grotius in International Relations Theory
Index
