Grotius on the Rights of War and Peace: An Abridged Translation. Edited for the Syndics of the University Press Tapa blanda - 2011

Clark, NJ: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2011. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. 485 pages. Softcover. Name of pervious owner in pen in front end papers. Pencil notes in front end papers and marking in preface and first chapter only. Otherwise clean and tight copy. Record # 2231062

2011. ISBN-13: 9781616191511; ISBN-10: 1616191511. Grotius, Hugo. Whewell, William, Editor and Translator. Grotius on the Rights of War and Peace: An Abridged Translation. Edited for the Syndics of the University Press. Originally published: Cambridge: John W. Parker, 1853. xxxix, 485 pp. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191511; ISBN-10: 1616191511. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Side and bottom page edges bumped. Else very good. $24.95 * Reprint of the sole edition of this translation. In this momentous work Grotius describes the situations in which war is a valid tool of law enforcement and outlines the principles of armed combat. Though based on Christian natural law, Grotius advanced the novel argument that his system would still be valid if it lacked a divine basis. In this regard he pointed to the future by moving international law in a secular direction. This edition was abridged by removing most of the quotations from "ancient historians, orators, philosophers, and… Leer más

2011. Grotius, Hugo. Whewell, William, Editor and Translator. Grotius on the Rights of War and Peace: An Abridged Translation. Edited for the Syndics of the University Press. Originally published: Cambridge: John W. Parker, 1853. xxxix, 485 pp. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191511; ISBN-10: 1616191511. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Cover and page edges lightly soiled. Else very good. $24.95 * Reprint of the sole edition of this translation. In this momentous work Grotius describes the situations in which war is a valid tool of law enforcement and outlines the principles of armed combat. Though based on Christian natural law, Grotius advanced the novel argument that his system would still be valid if it lacked a divine basis. In this regard he pointed to the future by moving international law in a secular direction. This edition was abridged by removing most of the quotations from "ancient historians, orators, philosophers, and poets," which are identified in footnotes. As… Leer más

2011. ISBN-13: 9781616191511; ISBN-10: 1616191511. The Abridged Whewell Translation Grotius, Hugo. Whewell, William, Editor and Translator. Grotius on the Rights of War and Peace: An Abridged Translation. Edited for the Syndics of the University Press. Originally published: Cambridge: John W. Parker, 1853. xxxix, 485 pp. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191511; ISBN-10: 1616191511. Paperback. New. $29.95 * Reprint of the sole edition of this abridged translation. In this momentous work Grotius describes the situations in which war is a valid tool of law enforcement and outlines the principles of armed combat. Though based on Christian natural law, Grotius advanced the novel argument that his system would still be valid if it lacked a divine basis. In this regard he pointed to the future by moving international law in a secular direction. This edition was abridged by removing most of the quotations from "ancient historians, orators, philosophers, and poets," which are… Leer más

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