De iure belli ac pacis

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book treatise work of legal theory work of political philosophy

De iure belli ac pacis is a foundational 1625 treatise on international law and the laws of war and peace that helped establish Hugo Grotius as a key figure in modern legal and political thought.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book → treatise → work of legal theory → work of political philosophy →
alsoKnownAs	On the Law of War and Peace →
author	Hugo Grotius →
centralConcept	binding force of natural law → limitations on warfare → natural rights of states and individuals → obligations under treaties →
circulation	widely read in 17th-century Europe →
dedicatedTo	Louis XIII of France →
focusesOn	conditions for just war → conduct in war → foundations of natural law → peace treaties →
genre	legal treatise → political philosophy →
hasEdition	revised edition of 1631 →
hasPart	Book I → Book II → Book III →
historicalContext	Thirty Years' War →
impact	helped establish Hugo Grotius as a founder of international law →
influenced	Enlightenment legal philosophy → European political thought → development of modern international law → the concept of state sovereignty →
influencedBy	Christian theology → Roman law → Scholastic philosophy →
language	Latin →
legacy	considered a foundational text of modern international legal order →
originalTitle	De iure belli ac pacis libri tres →
placeOfPublication	Paris →
publicationDate	1625 →
publisher	Nicolas Buon →
subject	diplomacy → international law → just war theory → law of peace → law of war → natural law → sovereignty → treaty law →
timePeriod	Early Modern period →
writtenBy	Hugo Grotius →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hugo Grotius → Hugo de Groot →	notableWork
De iure belli ac pacis ("On the Law of War and Peace") →	alsoKnownAs
De iure belli ac pacis ("De iure belli ac pacis libri tres") →	originalTitle
De jure praedae →	relatedWork