Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology
- Abbreviations and Short Titles of Works by Grotius
- Editions and Translations of Grotius’ Work
- Introduction
- Part I Grotius in Context
- Part II Concepts
- Part III Grotius as a Man of Letters, Theologian and Political Writer
- Part IV Grotius as a Legal Scholar
- Part V The Reception of Grotius
- 26 Grotius and the Enlightenment
- 27 Grotian Revivals in the Theory and History of International Law
- 28 Grotius in International Relations Theory
- Index
- References
26 - Grotius and the Enlightenment
from Part V - The Reception of Grotius
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 September 2021
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology
- Abbreviations and Short Titles of Works by Grotius
- Editions and Translations of Grotius’ Work
- Introduction
- Part I Grotius in Context
- Part II Concepts
- Part III Grotius as a Man of Letters, Theologian and Political Writer
- Part IV Grotius as a Legal Scholar
- Part V The Reception of Grotius
- 26 Grotius and the Enlightenment
- 27 Grotian Revivals in the Theory and History of International Law
- 28 Grotius in International Relations Theory
- Index
- References
Summary
Grotius drew mainly upon the Catholic moral theologians, but his theory of contract law is set in the different perspective of his ‘secular’ natural law system.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius , pp. 559 - 577Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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