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Grotius on the Rights of War and Peace: An Abridged Translation. Edited for the Syndics of the University Press
Grotius on the Rights of War and Peace An Abridged Translation Edited for the Syndics of the University Press Author:Hugo Grotius Hugo Grotius [1583-1645]. — William Whewell [1794-1866], Editor and Translator. — Grotius on the Rights of War and Peace: An Abridged Translation. Edited for the Syndics of the University Press. Cambridge: John W. Parker, 1853. xxxix, 485 pp. Reprint available March 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-942-1. ISBN-10: 1-58477-94... more »2-X. Cloth. $95.
* Reprint of the sole edition. First published in Paris in 1625, this landmark work established the framework of modern international law. Grotius describes the situations in which war is a valid tool of law enforcement and outlines the principles of armed combat. Though based on Christian natural law, Grotius advanced the novel argument that his system would still be valid if it lacked a divine basis. In this regard he pointed to the future by moving international law in a secular direction. This edition was abridged by removing most of the quotations, which are identified in footnotes. As Whewell states in the preface, these quotations from "ancient historians, orators, philosophers, and poets" tended to "confuse the subject, obscure the reasoning, and weary the reader." By removing them he enhanced clarity and reduced the bulk of the work by "more than a half" (vi). OCLC locates one copy of this imprint. Ter Meulen and Diermanse, Bibliographie des Ecrits Imprimes de Hugo Grotius 638.« less