Mare Liberum
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Mare Liberum is a seminal 1609 treatise by Hugo Grotius that argues for the principle of freedom of the seas in international law.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mare Liberum canonical | 10 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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treatise ⓘ work of international law ⓘ work of political philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Hugo Grotius ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
all nations are free to navigate the seas
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all nations are free to trade by sea ⓘ the sea cannot be appropriated by any one nation ⓘ |
| chapterOf |
De jure praedae
ⓘ
surface form:
De Jure Praedae
|
| commissionedBy | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
international maritime law
ⓘ
political theory ⓘ |
| genre |
legal treatise
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political treatise ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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customary international law ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
Dutch–Portuguese conflict over Asian trade ⓘ early modern European colonial expansion ⓘ |
| influenced |
doctrine of freedom of the seas
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law of the sea conventions ⓘ modern international law ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
natural law theory
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scholastic philosophy ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
freedom of commerce
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freedom of navigation ⓘ res communis ⓘ |
| legalArgumentBasis |
common use of the seas
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natural law ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
freedom of the seas
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international law ⓘ law of the sea ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ navigation rights ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging Iberian maritime monopolies
ⓘ
formulating the doctrine of freedom of the seas ⓘ |
| opposes |
exclusive maritime dominion by a single state
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mare clausum ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Mare Liberum self-link ⓘ |
| partOf |
De jure praedae
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surface form:
De Jure Praedae
|
| publicationDate | 1609 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to challenge Portuguese and Spanish claims to maritime monopoly
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to justify Dutch access to Asian trade routes ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | The Free Sea ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hugo de Groot