Law

Grotius and the Making of Modern Natural Law

ABSTRACT

The conference examined Grotius's natural law thinking, with an emphasis on its Roman ethical and legal foundations.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Grotius, Hugo. The Rights of War and Peace, Book I. Edited by Richard Tuck. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2005.

Grotius, Hugo. The Rights of War and Peace, Book II. Edited by Richard Tuck. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2005.

Grotius, Hugo. Commentary on the Law of Prize and Booty. Edited by Martine Julia van Ittersum. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2006.

Straumann, Benjamin. Roman Law in the State of Nature: The Classical Foundations of Hugo Grotius’ Natural Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.