Grotius
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People's rights to land have been debated by philosophers since at least John Locke and Hugo Grotius in the seventeenth century.
From Nature • May 29, 2017
Pictet’s views repudiated the vision of the law that had dated back to Grotius.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2013
For instance, Grotius said that speaking falsely to an intruder is not a lie.
From Time Magazine Archive
They argue that the law Grotius wrote in a maritime era gives an unfair advantage to developed nations in a technological era.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whereas the Jesuit was one of the most deeply learned men that ever lived, by no means inferior to Grotius or Ussher or Selden.
From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
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