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Grotius and Grotius Research in the Netherlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2009

J.C.M. Willems
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1983 sees the 400th anniversary of Grotius' birth. This is an appropriate time to consider what the Netherlands has made of – and is still making of – the enormous heritage of this great Dutchman.

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Netherlands International Law Review , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , May 1983 , pp. 93 - 101
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Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Press 1983

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1. Grotius was born in Delft on 10 April 1583, an Easter Sunday.

2. The chronological list of first editions of Grotius' works in the bibliography by Ter Meulen and Diermanse contains over 120 titles, which have on average each had ten editions (or translations), in total, approximately 1,300 title descriptions. The Grotius collection in the Peace Palace has at least 1,000 of these (including copies). There are at least 100 editions/translations of De jure belli ac parts, which are almost all available in the Peace Palace. (Cf., nn. 47 and 65.)

3. Op.cit., pp. 72–81.

4. Op.cit., the footnote on p. 72.

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6. Op.cit., (see n. 3) p. 76.

7. Op.cit., pp. 3–27.

8. Loc.cit., (see n. 5).

9. “The land of Grotius” was the title of a lecture by Vollenhoven, Van (Collected Writings, vol. 1, pp. 369–384)Google Scholar.

10. Seen. 5.

11. Leyden, 1958.

12. Haarlem, 1945. German translation, Basle, 1952.

13. Leyden, 1945.

14. The Hague, 1946.

15. Amsterdam, 1946.

16. Cf., e.g., 1 NILR (1953–1954) pp. 121–139; 8 NILR (1961) pp. 367–372; 9 NILR (1962) pp. 294–302; 16 NILR (1969) pp. 364–390.

17. The Hague, 10 volumes and index volume. See vol. 3, pp. 367–445; vol. 4, pp. 1–94; vol. 8, pp. 1–31. Cf. also, Bibliotheca Visseriana V: x, 1925Google Scholar.

18. The Hague, 1957.

19. Amsterdam, 1901; Leyden, 1902.

19a. The following citations do not, or do not always mention all the “Grotian studies” of the author in question.

20. Iconographie van Hugo Grotius (Iconography of Hugo Grotius), (The Hague 1929)Google Scholar.

21. Hugo de Groot en zijn Rechtsphttosophie (Hugo Grotius and his legal philosophy), (Tilburg 1906)Google Scholar.

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23. Grotius Poeta; Aspecten van Hugo Grotius dichterschap, thesis, Amsterdam, 1981. (Summaries in English: pp. 301–319)Google Scholar.

24. Various articles in the field of the history of law. For the sake of brevity, see the Bibliography in Grotiana, New Series, vol. 1, p. 147 at 2.6; vol. 2, p. 128 at 2.3 and 2.4.

25. Hugo de Groot als godsdienstig denker (Hugo Grotius as a religious thinker), (Amsterdam 1946)Google Scholar.

26. Nederland's beschaving in de zeventiende eeuw; Hugo de Groot en zijn eeuw (Seventeenth century civilization in the Netherlands; Hugo Grotius and his century), (Groningen 1976) 5th ed.Google Scholar

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28. A study with the text of Grotius' Draft ordinance on the Jews (Amsterdam 1949). On this subject, also see Eysinga, Van, Sparsa Collecta, pp. 423–429Google Scholar.

29. Hugo de Groot's “Annales et Historiae”, thesis, (Utrecht 1919)Google Scholar.

30. Status and extent of adjacent waters; An historical orientation (Leyden 1970). See also, n. 7Google Scholar.

31. Hugo de Groot's Bewijs van den waren Godsdienst (The truth of the Christian religion), (Arnhem 1944). See also, 57 Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis (1942) pp. 241–253; De Gids (1945) pp. 103–125Google Scholar.

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33. De eigendomsphilosophie van Hugo de Groot (Hugo Grotius' philosophy of property) (Nijmegen 1929)Google Scholar.

34. Een commentaar van Hugo de Groot op de Lex Romana Burgundionum (A commentary by Hugo Grotius on the Lex Romana Burgundionum), (Amsterdam 1963)Google Scholar.

35. L'interprétation des traités dans la théorie du droit naturel, in: 84 RGDIP (1980) pp. 535–586Google Scholar.

36. L'oeuvre de Grotius et son influence sur le développement du droit international, in: 7 Receuil des Cours de l'Académie de Droit International (1925) II, pp. 399–509Google Scholar.

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39. Ter Meulen/Diermanse (see n. 47), 1950, no. 615.

40. Ibid., no. 617.

41. Ibid., no. 618.

42. Cf.,ibid., no. 785; second edition (1965). Fischer published a Latin translation in 1962.

43. Ibid., no. 784.

44. Ibid., no. 686. The Latin manuscript was never published by Grotius (with the exception of Chapter XII: Mare liberum) and was discovered only in 1864 and published by Hamaker in 1868 (ibid., no. 684). In 1950 a reproduction of the manuscript was published, as well as a translation into English in the series “The Classics of International Law” (ibid., no. 687).

45. Cf., ibid., no. 626. For reviews cf., Grotiana, New Series, vol. 1, 1980, p. 145 at 1.8, and see RM Themis (1953) pp. 430–431.

46. Cf., Grotiana, loc.cit., p. 154 at 9.1.

47. Bibliographic des écrits imprimés de Hugo Grotius (The Hague 1950) (cf. also, n. 2)Google Scholar; Bibliographic des écrits sur Hugo Grotius imprimés au XVII siècle (The Hague 1961)Google Scholar.

48. Grotius; Wegbereider voor het nieuwe volkenrecht (Grotius; Pioneer of a new law of nations), (Amsterdam 1925)Google Scholar.

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51. A second edition was published in 1732; see Ter Meulen/Diermanse nos. 913 and 914.

52. With regard to the difficulties for the modern biographer, see Vollenhoven, Van, Collected Writings, vol. 1, p. 400Google Scholar.

53. Cf. also, the Introduction to the Bibliography of Grotiana, New Series, vol. 21, 1981, p. 124Google Scholar.

54. See also, for example, the Vervolglijsten (bibliographic lists) of the “old” Grotiana (1928–1947); see infra, section 3.3; see also, Meulen, J. ter, Concise Bibliography of Hugo Grotius (Leyden 1925) p. 55et seq.Google Scholar

55. Cf., the “Ter Inleiding” (Introduction) to the Sacra in quibus Adamus Exul (see infra), (Assen 1970) p. 9Google Scholar.

56. The crippling effect on Grotius of his exile is most apparent from the epitaph he chose for himself: “Grotius hie Hugo est, Batavum captivus et exul, Legatus Regni, Suecia magna, tui” (Here lies Hugo Grotius, a captive of the Dutch, and an exile, An ambassador, mighty Sweden, to your Kingdom). Cf., Anthologia Grotiana (supra, n. 46), pp. 216/217.

57. Cf. also.n. 23.

58. Cf., the Editorial in Grotiana, New Series, vol. 1, pp. 3–4.

59. Art. 2(1) (b) of the Statutes of the Foundation.

60. With contributions by Van Eysinga (a reprint with a summary of his Grotius Resurgens); B. Landheer (The Grotian model of a world system); A. Dufour (l'influence de la methodologie des sciences physiques et mathematiques sur les Fondateurs de l'Ecole du Droit naturel moderne (Grotius, Hobbes, Pufendorfj); M. Mushkat (Grotius and the Changing Image of the Present International System and its Legal Order and Political Disorder); A.B. Bozeman (On the Relevance of Hugo Grotius and De Jure Belli ac Pacts for our Times); D. Faucci (L' Estimazione del giusto' selon Grotius et selon Vico).

61. With contributions by G.H.M. Posthumus Meyjes (Jean Hotman and Hugo Grotius); V. Hanga (Les Problimes de l'Etat idans le De Jure Belli ac Pads de H. Grotius); P. Haggenmacher (Genèse et signification du concept de ‘ius gentium’ chez Grotius); J.C.M. Willems (Grotius and the Atomic Weapon: the Nuclear Weapon Discussion in the light of the Theory of ‘Just War’ with Hugo de Groot). Also Book Reviews by B. Landheer and A. Eyffinger.

62. With contributions by M. Diesselhorst (Hugo Grotius and the Freedom of the Seas); J. Logue (The revenge of John Selden: The Draft Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Light of Hugo Grotius' Mare Liberum); A. Eyffinger (Outlines of Hugo Grotius' Poetry); J.C.M. Willems et al., eds., (The Grotius Collection at the Peace Palace; A Concise Catalogue); Book Review by Chr. Gellinek.

63. Cf., the inside cover.

64. Vol. 1, 1980, pp. 141–154 (A list; works by Grotius); vol. 2, 1981, pp. 123–133 (B list; works about Grotius).

65. Vol. 3, 1982, pp. 79–116 (The Grotius Collection at the Peace Palace; A Concise Catalogue). Cf., nn. 2 and 62). The Peace Palace is to publish a separate edition with illustrations.

66. Cf., Ter Meulen/Dicrmanse (1950) no. 623. A practically unchanged reprint was published in 1732 (ibid., no. 624).

67. Cf. also, Vollenhoven, Van, Collected Writings, vol. 1, p. 223Google Scholar.

68. Grotius, in: Maier, H. et al. , eds., Klassiker des Politischen Denkens; Erster Band: von Plato bis Hobbes (Munich 1979), 5th ed., p. 306Google Scholar.