Liber Secundus

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Liber Secundus is the second book of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work *De iure belli ac pacis*, which develops his influential theories on the laws governing war and peace in early modern international law.

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instanceOf book
author Hugo Grotius NERFINISHED
centralConcept binding force of natural law in war
moral limits on warfare
rights of states and individuals in war
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
field international law
natural law
genre legal treatise
work of political philosophy
hasPart chapters on reprisals and punishment
chapters on the conduct of war
chapters on the rights of enemies
chapters on truces and treaties
influenced development of the law of armed conflict
early modern international law
later just war theorists
influencedBy Christian theology NERFINISHED
Roman law NERFINISHED
Stoic philosophy
notableFor influence on classical international law doctrine
systematic treatment of the law of war
originalLanguage Latin
partOf De iure belli ac pacis NERFINISHED
philosophicalBasis law of nations
natural law theory
positionInSeries 2
publicationYear 1625
subject conduct of hostilities
good faith in war
just war theory
laws of peace
laws of war
limits on violence in war
neutrality in war
peace treaties
proportionality in warfare
protection of ambassadors
rights and duties of belligerents
rules on booty and spoils of war
treatment of noncombatants
treatment of prisoners of war
truces and armistices
workSeriesPosition follows Liber Primus
precedes Liber Tertius

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Book II originalTitle Liber Secundus
subject surface form: Book II (De iure belli ac pacis)