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Confronted by the new experiences, difficulties and suffering created by empire-building, Spanish thinkers formulated some of the first modern thoughts on natural law, sovereignty, international law, war, and economics ; there were even questions about the legitimacy of imperialism – in related schools of thought referred to collectively as the School of Salamanca.
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