De jure praedae

E49977

De jure praedae is a seminal early 17th-century legal treatise by Hugo Grotius that laid foundational principles for international law and the freedom of the seas.


Statements (44)
Predicate Object
instanceOf legal treatise
manuscript
associatedWith Dutch East India Company prize case of the Santa Catarina
author Hugo Grotius
authorNationality Dutch
authorOccupation diplomat
jurist
commissionedBy Dutch East India Company
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
dateWritten 1604
1605
fieldOfStudy international law
legal philosophy
maritime law
genre international law
legal theory
hasAlternativeTitle De jure praedae commentarius
hasPart Mare Liberum
historicalContext Dutch–Portuguese maritime conflicts
early 17th century European colonial expansion
impact contributed to the doctrine of freedom of navigation
shaped later debates on maritime sovereignty
influenced development of international law
doctrine of freedom of the seas
influencedBy Roman law
canon law
scholastic natural law tradition
language Latin
legalDoctrine natural law as basis of international relations
seas are international territory
states cannot claim sovereignty over the open sea
mainSubject freedom of the seas
just war theory
law of prize
maritime law
natural law
notableFor early systematic treatment of international law
formulation of arguments for free navigation and trade
notablePart Mare Liberum
publicationStatus unpublished in full during Hugo Grotius's lifetime
purpose to justify Dutch seizure of a Portuguese ship
relatedWork De iure belli ac pacis
Mare Liberum
timePeriod early 17th century

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Hugo Grotius
Hugo de Groot
notableWork
Mare Liberum ("De Jure Praedae")
chapterOf
De jure praedae ("De jure praedae commentarius")
hasAlternativeTitle
Mare Liberum ("De Jure Praedae")
partOf

Please wait…