The Laws of War
About this Collection
The founder of the modern idea that the destructiveness of war could be limited by law, Hugo Grotius, wrote his great work during the Thirty Years War. It was taken up again during the Enlightenment by theorists like Vattel and reached its pinnacle in the 20th century with the Hague and Geneva Conventions.
Members:
- Commentary on the Law of Prize and Booty (Hugo Grotius)
- Le droit des gens, ou Principes de la loi naturelle, 2 vols. (Emer de Vattel)
- The Hague Peace Conferences concerning the Laws and Usages of War (A Pearce Higgins)
- The Law of Nations (LF ed.) (Emer de Vattel)
- The Law of Nations (1833 ed.) (Emer de Vattel)
- The Rights of War and Peace (1901 ed.) (Hugo Grotius)
- The Rights of War and Peace (2005 ed.) 3 vols (Hugo Grotius)