The Rights of War and Peace
Including
The Law of Nature and of Nations.
Hugo Grotius
(1625)
(From the1901 ed.)
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I.
Footnotes for Chapter I
CHAPTER II. INQUIRY INTO THE LAWFULNESS OF WAR.
Footnotes for Chapter II
CHAPTER III. THE DIVISION OF WAR INTO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AND THE NATURE OF SOVEREIGN POWER.
Footnotes for Chapter III
CHAPTER I. DEFENCE OF PERSON AND PROPERTY
Footnotes for Chapter I
CHAPTER II. THE GENERAL RIGHTS OF THINGS.
Footnotes for Chapter II
CHAPTER III. ON THE ORIGINAL ACQUISTION OF THINGS, AND THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY IN SEAS AND RIVERS.
CHAPTER IV. TITLE TO DESERT LANDS BY OCCUPANCY, POSSESSION, AND PRECRIPTION.
(this edition is not a complete translation of the text)
CHAPTER IX. IN WHAT CASES JURISDICTION AND PROPERTY CEASE.
Footnotes for Chapter IX
CHAPTER X. THE OBLIGATION ARISING FROM PROPERTY.
Footnotes for Chapter X
CHAPTER XI. ON PROMISES.
Footnotes for Chapter XI
CHAPTER XII. ON CONTRACTS.
Footnotes for Chapter XII
CHAPTER XIII. ON OATHS.
(this edition is not a complete translation of the text)
CHAPTER XV. ON TREATIES AND ON ENGAGEMENTS MADE BY DELEGATES, EXCEEDING THEIR POWER.
Footnotes for Chapter XV
CHAPTER XVI. THE INTERPRETATION OF TREATIES.
Footnotes for Chapter XVI
CHAPTER XVII. ON DAMAGES OCCASIONED BY INJURY AND THE OBLIGATION TO REPAIR THEM
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CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE RIGHT OF EMBASSIES.
Footnotes for Chapter XVIII
CHAPTER XIX. ON THE RIGHT OF BURIAL.
CHAPTER XX. ON PUNISHMENTS.
Footnotes for Chapter XX
CHAPTER XXI. ON THE COMMUNICATION OF PUNISHMENT.
CHAPTER XXII. ON THE UNJUST CAUSES OF WAR.
Footnotes for Chapter XXII
CHAPTER XXIII. ON DOUBTFUL CAUSES.
Footnotes for Chapter XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST RASHLY ENGAGING IN WAR, EVEN UPON JUST GROUNDS.
Footnotes for Chapter XXIV
CHAPTER XXV. THE CAUSES OF UNDERTAKING WAR FOR OTHERS.
CHAPTER I. WHAT IS LAWFUL IN WAR.
Footnotes for Chapter I
CHAPTER II. IN WHAT MANNER THE LAW OF NATIONS RENDERS THE PROPERTY OF SUBJECTS ANSWERABLE FOR THE DEBTS OF SOVEREIGNS. THE NATURE OF REPRISALS.
CHAPTER III. ON JUST OR, SOLEMN WAR ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF NATIONS ON DECLARATIONS OF WAR.
Footnotes for Chapter III
CHAPTER IV. ON THE RIGHT OF KILLING AN ENEMY IN LAWFUL WAR, AND COMMITTING OTHER ACTS OF HOSTILITY.
CHAPTER V. ON THE RIGHT TO LAY WASTE AN ENEMY'S COUNTRY, AND CARRY OFF HIS EFFECTS.
CHAPTER VI. ON THE ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY AND PROPERTY BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST.
Footnotes for Chapter VI
CHAPTER VII. ON THE RIGHT OVER PRISONERS OF WAR.
CHAPTER VIII. ON EMPIRE OVER THE CONQUERED.
CHAPTER IX. OF THE RIGHT OF POSTLIMINIUM.
Footnotes for Chapter IX
(this edition is not a complete translation of the text)
CHAPTER XI. THE RIGHT OF KILLING ENEMIES, IN JUST WAR, TO BE TEMPERED WITH MODERATION AND HUMANITY.
Footnotes for Chapter XI
CHAPTER XII. ON MODERATION IN DESPOILING AN ENEMY'S COUNTRY.
Footnotes for Chapter XII
CHAPTER XIII. ON MODERATION IN MAKING CAPTURES IN WAR.
Footnotes for Chapter XIII
(this edition is not a complete translation of the text)
CHAPTER XV. ON MODERATION IN ACQUIRING DOMINION.
Footnotes for Chapter XV
CHAPTER XVI. ON MODERATION WITH RESPECT TO THINGS EXCLUDED FROM THE RIGHT OF POSTLIMINIUM BY THE LAW OF NATIONS.
Footnotes for Chapter XVI
CHAPTER XVII. RESPECTING THOSE WHO ARE NEUTRAL IN WAR.
(this edition is not a complete translation of the text)
CHAPTER XIX. ON GOOD FAITH BETWEEN ENEMIES.
Footnotes for Chapter XIX
CHAPTER XX. ON THE PUBLIC FAITH, BY WHICH WAR IS CONCLUDED; COMPRISING TREATIES OF PEACE, AND THE NATURE OF ARBITRATION, SURRENDER HOSTAGES, PLEDGES.
Footnotes for Chapter XX
CHAPTER XXI. ON FAITH DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF WAR, ON TRUCES, SAFE-CONDUCTS, AND THE REDEMPTION OF PRISONERS.
CHAPTER XXII. ON THE FAITH ON THOSE INVESTED WITH SUBORDINATE POWERS IN WAR.
(this edition is not a complete translation of the text)
CHAPTER XXIV. ON TACIT FAITH.
Footnotes for Chapter XXIV
CHAPTER XXV. CONCLUSION.
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