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 Property, Piracy and Punishment: Hugo Grotius on War and Booty in De iure praedae: Concepts and Contexts

Contents

• • Preliminary Materials (i-vi)   (86K)
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    • Contents
  • Introduction (1-15) by Hans W. Blom   (113K)
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    • De Iure Praedae , One Of Grotius’s Juvenilia
    • Contending Interpretations
    • De Iure Praedae And Booty
    • This Volume
    • Biography
    • Sources
    • Theology
    • Textual Matters
    • World Orders
    • Subjective Rights
    • Piracy And Punishment
    • Acknowledgements
  • Hugo Grotius’s Political And Scholarly Activitiesin The Light Of His Correspondence (16-30) by Henk J.M. Nellen   (109K)
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    • Introduction
    • Gradual Developments
    • Abiding Features
  • Grotius, Maritime Intra-Asian Trade And The Portuguese Estado Da Índia: Problems, Perspectives And Insights From De Iure Praedae (31-60) by Peter Borschberg   (196K)
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    • The Manuscript Of De Iure Praedae And Its Title
    • Grotius, Archival Research, And Asian Maritime Customs
    • Early Materials From Grootenhuys
    • A Question For Pieter Plancius
    • For The Lack Of Portuguese Sources: Vitoria, The ‘School Of Salamanca’ And The Alexandrine Bulls Of 1493
    • Ten Haeff And Six Letters Of Instruction By The Iberian Monarch
    • VOC Admiral Matelieff De Jonge’s Discours
    • Emmanuel Van Meteren’s Memoriën
    • Refuting Fruin And Alexandrowicz
  • Problems Of Legal Systematization From De Iure Praedae To De Iure Belli Ac Pacis (61-78) by Laurens Winkel   (148K)
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    • Introduction
    • Legal Systematization Before Grotius
    • The Relation Between Private Law And International Law
    • Just War
    • Conclusions
  • Law, War And Method In The Commentary On The Law Of Prize By Hugo Grotius (79-103) by Merio Scattola   (176K)
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    • The Question
    • Positions About The Problem In The Sixteenth Century
    • Grotius’s Solution
    • A New Method
    • A Voluntarist System
    • The Structure Of The System
  • Grotius And Stobaeus (104-126) by Jon Miller   (152K)
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    • Stobaeus
    • Stobaeus In The Correspondence And The Dicta Poetarum
    • Stobaeus In The IPC
    • What’s In II.7?
    • Conclusion: Grotius And Seventeenth Century Stoicism
    • Appendix – Stobaeus In The De Iure Belli Ac Pacis
  • The Patristic Context In Early Grotius (127-146) by Silke-Petra Bergjan   (156K)
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    • I. Examples Of Modestia In History
    • II. Comparative Method And Patristic Texts In De Iure Praedae
  • Secularization In De Iure Praedae : From Bible Criticism To International Law (147-191) by Mark Somos   (246K)
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    • Introduction
    • Discussion: Cases
    • Appendices
  • War, Piracy And Religion: Godfried Udemans’ Spiritual Helm (1638) (192-214) by Joris Van Eijnatten   (137K)
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    • Introduction: Godfried Udemans
    • Casuistry For Christians Under Arms
    • Holy War, Holy Plunder
    • Conclusion
  • Using The Work. Remarks On The Text Of De Iure Praedae (215-245) by Jan Waszink   (2M)
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    • A New Edition Of De Iure Praedae
    • Hamaker’S Edition As Research Text Of De Iure Praedae
    • The Purpose, Nature And Intended Audience Of IPC, And The Dating Of BPL 917
    • The Deletion And Insertion In IPC Chapter 10
    • Conclusion
  • Preparing Mare Liberum For The Press: Hugo Grotius’ Rewriting Of Chapter 12 Of De Iure Praedae In November-December 1608 (246-280) by Martine Julia Van Ittersum   (709K)
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    • Introduction
    • The Life And Times Of Hugo Grotius
    • Manuscript BPL 917 In Leiden University Library
    • The Political Context Of Mare Liberum
    • The Printing History Of Mare Liberum
    • Revising Chapter 12 Of De Iure Praedae For Publication (1)
    • Dating Textual Revisions In De Iure Praedae
    • Revising Chapter 12 Of De Iure Praedae For Publication (2)
    • Conclusion
    • Appendix 1 Preparing Mare Liberum For The Press: Grotius’s Calculations On Fol. 121v Of Manuscript Bpl 917 (Leiden University Library)
    • Appendix 2 The Flowchart For Mare Liberum , Including Provisional Chapter Titles
  • ‘Sequuntur Dogmatica De Iure Praedae’ Law And Theology In Grotius’s Use Of Sourcesin De Iure Praedae (281-309) by Franco Todescan   (195K)
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    • Introduction
    • The Mathematising Method
    • The Definition Of Laws (Lex Proprie Dicta)
    • Eternal Law (Regula I)
    • Natural Law (Jus Naturae)
    • Jus Gentium Primarium
    • Jus Gentium Secundarium
    • Human Law (Jus Civile)
  • The VOC, Corporate Sovereignty And The Republican Sub-Text Of De Iure Praedae (310-340) by Eric Wilson   (177K)
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    • 1. Republicanism And Divisible Sovereignty
    • 2. Grotius As Republican
    • 3. The VOC And Corporate Sovereignty
    • 4. Conclusion: The Republican Sub-Text Of De Iure Praedae
  • Natural Rights And Roman Law In Hugo Grotius’s Theses LVI, De Iure Praedae And Defensio Capitis Quinti Maris Liberi (341-365) by Benjamin Straumann   (181K)
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    • Roman Law Remedies As Natural Rights
    • The Right To Self-Defense
    • The Right To Private Property
    • Contractual Rights
    • Conclusion
  • Tuck’s Grotius: De Iure Praedae In Context (366-378) by George Wright   (112K)
  • Beyond The Law. The Image Of Piracy In The Legal Writings Of Hugo Grotius (379-395) by Michael Kempe   (146K)
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    • Definition And Typology
    • Identification And Perspective
    • Piracy And Bellum Iustum
    • Sovereign States And See-Robber Gangs
    • Piracy And Legal History
    • Piracy And Property
    • Piracy And Privateering
  • Grotius And The Origin Of The Ruler’s Right To Punish (396-416) by Gustaaf Van Nifterik   (137K)
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    • Introduction
    • De Iure Praedae
    • De Satisfactione
    • De Imperio
    • Inleidinge
    • De Iure Belli Ac Pacis
    • Conclusion
  • Index (417-422)   (71K)