Several of Alexander's works were published in the Aldine edition of Aristotle, Venice, 1495 – 1498 ; his De Fato and De Anima were printed along with the works of Themistius at Venice ( 1534 ); the former work, which has been translated into Latin by Grotius and also by Schulthess, was edited by J. C. Orelli, Zürich, 1824 ; and his commentaries on the Metaphysica by H. Bonitz, Berlin, 1847.

Some scholars have upset the standard account of the origins of International law, which emphasises the seminal text De iure belli ac pacis by Grotius, and argued for Vitoria and, later, Suárez's importance as forerunners and, potentially, founders of the field.

In the Renaissance, the Silvae thanks to Poliziano helped inspire an entire genre of collections of miscellaneous, occasional poetry called Sylvae which remained popular throughout the period, inspiring works by Hugo Grotius and John Dryden, Dante mentions Statius in De vulgari eloquentia along with Ovid, Virgil and Lucan as one of the four regulati poetae ( ii, vi, 7 ).

De jure belli ac pacis ( On the Law of War and Peace ) is a 1625 book in Latin, written by Hugo Grotius and published in Paris, on the legal status of war.

The term " eminent domain " was taken from the legal treatise De Jure Belli et Pacis, written by the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius in 1625, which used the term dominium eminens ( Latin for supreme lordship ) and described the power as follows:

In the De jure naturae et gentium Pufendorf took up in great measure the theories of Grotius and sought to complete them by means of the doctrines of Hobbes and of his own ideas.

Among Whewell's other works — too numerous to mention — were popular writings such as the third Bridgewater Treatise Astronomy and General Physics considered with reference to Natural Theology ( 1833 ), and the essay, Of the Plurality of Worlds ( 1853 ), in which he argued against the probability of life on other planets, and also the Platonic Dialogues for English Readers ( 1850 – 1861 ), the Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England ( 1852 ), the essay, Of a Liberal Education in General, with particular reference to the Leading Studies of the University of Cambridge ( 1845 ), the important edition and abridged translation of Hugo Grotius, De jure belli ac pacis ( 1853 ), and the edition of the Mathematical Works of Isaac Barrow ( 1860 ).

* De jure belli ac pacis by Hugo Grotius

In 1625, Hugo Grotius in De jure belli ac pacis ( On the Law of War and Peace ), one of the foundational texts in international law, recognized the white flag as a " sign, to which use has given a signification ;" it was " a tacit sign of demanding a parley, and shall be as obligatory, as if expressed by words.

His Observations concerning the Original of Government upon Mr Hobbes's Leviathan, Mr Milton against Salmasius, and H. Grotius ' De jure belli ac pacis appeared in 1652.

As its title suggests, it attacks several political classics, the De jure belli ac pacis of Grotius, the Leviathan of Thomas Hobbes, and the Defensio pro Populo Anglicano of John Milton.

* Observations Concerning the Originall of Government, upon Mr Hobs Leviathan, Mr Milton against Salmasius, H. Grotius De Jure Belli ( 1652 )

Gunboat diplomacy comes in contrast to the views held prior to the 18th century influenced by Hugo Grotius, De Jure Belli ac Pacis, in which he circumscribed the right to resort to force with what he described as ' temperamenta '.

Edward Coombe ( Somerset 1731 ) was undertaken in consequence of the commendation in a charge ( 1728 ) by Bishop Richard Smalbroke, who observes that Grotius had borrowed from it in his De veritate Christ.

Some scholars have upset the standard account of the origins of International law, which emphasises the seminal text De iure belli ac pacis by Grotius, and argued for Vitoria and, later, Suárez's importance as forerunners and, potentially, founders of the field.

Gentili's fame as an international lawyer was soon eclipsed by the publication of Hugo Grotius ' seminal work De Jure Belli ac Pacis in 1625, even though Grotius owed much to Gentili's writings.

In particular he furthered Hugo Grotius idea that coastal states have a right to the adjoining waters the width of which had to correspond to the capacity of exercising an effective control over it, that he expressed in his famous book De Iure Belli Ac Pacis.

Roman Dutch common law relies on legal principles set out in Roman law sources such as Justinian's Institutes and Digest, and also on the writing of Dutch jurists of the 15th century such as Grotius and Voet.

* A statue of Hugo Grotius made by Franciscus Leonardus Stracké in 1886, located on the Markt near the Nieuwe Kerk.

In 1625 Hugo Grotius argued that nations as well as persons ought to be governed by universal principle based on morality and divine justice while the relations among polities ought to be governed by the law of peoples, the jus gentium, established by the consent of the community of nations on the basis of the principle of pacta sunt servanda, that is, on the basis of the observance of commitments.

Natural law theories have, however, exercised a profound influence on the development of English common law, and have featured greatly in the philosophies of Thomas Aquinas, Francisco Suárez, Richard Hooker, Thomas Hobbes, Hugo Grotius, Samuel von Pufendorf, John Locke, Francis Hutcheson, Jean Jacques Burlamaqui, and Emmerich de Vattel.

Hugo Grotius based his philosophy of international law on natural law.

Grotius ' view as given in a note on Revelation 2: 6, is substantially the same as that of Tillemont.

Though contemporary human rights is considerably different than the type of rights envisioned under natural law, Francisco de Vitoria, Hugo Grotius and John Locke offered the first accounts of universal entitlement to certain rights on the basis of common humanity.

Other noteworthy intellectuals and religious figures on the Index include Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, Victor Hugo, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, André Gide, Immanuel Kant, David Hume, René Descartes, Francis Bacon, John Milton, John Locke, Galileo Galilei, Blaise Pascal, Hugo Grotius and Saint Faustina Kowalska.

* Hugo Grotius ( 1583 – 1645 ) His early work on the law of the seas was outdistanced by On the law of war and peace ( 1625 ).

Pococke had a long-standing interest in the subject, which he had talked over with Grotius at Paris on his way back from Constantinople.

Richard Baxter on the other hand regarded the reading of Bodin, Hugo Grotius and Francisco Suárez as a suitable training in politics, for lawyers.

Although this stature is well in the past, the library still contains some original classical works, as the original copies of Hugo Grotius ' works on peace and law and Erasmus ' Querela Pacis.

Oldenbarnevelt supported Grotius in this policy ( though it could be seen as an assault on the autonomy of the Public Church ) and together they managed to drive the placard through in 1614 against opposition from many sides.

In the Dissertatio de origine gentium Americanarum ( 1625 ), the Dutch lawyer Hugo Grotius proves that the American Indians ( Mohawks ) speak a language ( lingua Maquaasiorum ) derived from Scandinavian languages ( Grotius was on Sweden's payroll ), supporting Swedish colonial pretensions in America.

His works are known only from his lecture notes, he himself having published nothing in his lifetime, nevertheless his influence, such as on the Dutch legal philosopher, Hugo Grotius, was significant ; Relectiones XII Theologicae in duo libros distinctae was published posthumously ( Antwerp, 1604 ).

After his death in Portugal ( in either Lisbon or Coimbra ) his reputation grew still greater, and he had a direct influence on such leading philosophers as Hugo Grotius, René Descartes, John Norris, and Gottfried Leibniz.

Natural Law and Moral Philosophy: From Grotius to the Scottish Enlightenment.

Grotius is known for coming up with the idea of having an international law, and is still acknowledged today by the American society of International Law.

To support that decision, the Rhodesian Chief Justice, Sir Hugh Beadle, quoted the 17th Century Dutch Jurist, Hugo Grotius ( who is sometimes described as the “ Grandfather of International Law ”).

# Grotius – The Law of War and Peace

Those settlers were subsequently spread out onto Verhulsten Island ( Burlington Island ) in the Delaware, at Fort Orange ( now Albany ) in the Hudson River and at the mouth of the Connecticut River in order to finalize the claim to New Netherland as a North American province according to the Law of Nations ( Hugo Grotius ).

Rousseau was also a great synthesizer who was deeply engaged in a dialog with his contemporaries and with the writers of the past, such as the theorists of Natural Law, Hobbes and Grotius.

Hugo Grotius, the 17th century jurist and father of public international law, stated in his 1625 magnum opus The Law of War and Peace that " Most Men assign three Just Causes of War, Defense, the Recovery of what's our own, and Punishment.

* Grotius, On the Law of War and Peace, the Right of Postliminium

* The Law of War and Peace, Hugo Grotius ( 1625 ).

* The American University International Law Review ( which publishes ASIL's annual Grotius Lecture ).