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Hugo Grotius
Law of War and Peace (1625)
Table of Contents


  • Title Page, Dedication
  • Prolegomena

BOOK 1

  • Chap.   1: What is War? What is Law?
  • Chap.   2: Whether It Is Ever Lawful to Wage War
  • Chap.   3: Distinction Between Public & Private War; Sovereignty Explained
  • Chap.   4: War of Subjects Against Superiors
  • Chap.   5: Who May Lawfully Wage War

BOOK 2

  • Chap.   1: The Causes of War; First, Defense of Self and Property
  • Chap.   2: Of Things Which Belong to Men in Common
  • Chap.   3: Of Original Acquisition of Things, With Reference to Sea and Rivers
  • Chap.   4: On Assumed Abandonment of Ownership and Occupation
  • Chap.   5: On the Original Acquisition of Rights Over Persons
  • Chap.   6: On Secondary Acquisition of Property by The Act of Man
  • Chap.   7: On Derivative Acquisition of Property in Accordance With Law
  • Chap.   8: On Acquisitions Commonly Said to Be by the Law of Nations
  • Chap.   9: When Sovereignty or Ownership Ceases
  • Chap. 10: On the Obligation Which Arises from Ownership
  • Chap. 11: On Promises
  • Chap. 12: On Contracts
  • Chap. 13: On Oaths
  • Chap. 14: On Promises, Contracts & Oaths of Those Holding Sovereign Power
  • Chap. 15: On Treaties and Sponsions
  • Chap. 16: On Interpretation
  • Chap. 17: On Damage Caused Through Injury, and the Obligation Arising
  • Chap. 18: On The Right of Legation
  • Chap. 19: On The Right of Sepulchre
  • Chap. 20: On Punishments
  • Chap. 21: On The Sharing of Punishments
  • Chap. 22: On the Unjust Causes of War
  • Chap. 23: On Doubtful Causes of War
  • Chap. 24: Warnings Not to Undertake War Rashly, Even for Just Causes
  • Chap. 25: On The Causes of Undertaking War on Behalf of Others
  • Chap. 26: On Just Causes for War Waged by Those Under Another's Rule

BOOK 3

  • Chap.   1: The Law of Nature Regarding What Is Permissible in War
  • Chap.   2: How Goods of Subjects May Be Held for Debts of Their Rulers
  • Chap.   3: On War That Is Lawful or Public According to the Law of Nations
  • Chap.   4: On The Right of Killing Enemies in a Public War & Other Violence
  • Chap.   5: On Devastation And Pillage
  • Chap.   6: On The Right of Acquiring Things Taken in War
  • Chap.   7: On The Right Over Prisoners of War
  • Chap.   8: On the Right to Rule over the Conquered
  • Chap.   9: On Postliminy
  • Chap. 10: Cautions in Regard to Things Which Are Done in an Unlawful War
  • Chap. 11: Moderation with Respect to the Right of Killing in a Lawful War
  • Chap. 12: Moderation in Laying Waste and Similar Things
  • Chap. 13: Moderation in Regard to Captured Property
  • Chap. 14: Moderation in Regard to Prisoners of War
  • Chap. 15: Moderation in the Acquisition of Sovereignty
  • Chap. 16: Moderation in Regard to Things Having No Right of Postliminy
  • Chap. 17: On Those Who Are of Neither Side in War
  • Chap. 18: On Acts Done by Individuals in a Public War
  • Chap. 19: On Good Faith Between Enemies
  • Chap. 20: On The Good Faith of States to End War; Also Peace Treaties
  • Chap. 21: On Good Faith During War; Also Truces, Safe-conduct & Ransom
  • Chap. 22: On the Good Faith of Subordinate Powers in War
  • Chap. 23: On Good Faith of Private Persons in War
  • Chap. 24: On Implied Good Faith
  • Chap. 25: Conclusion, with Admonitions on Behalf of Good Faith and Peace

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