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
The treaty, in effect, consecrates the dictum laid down by Dutch Jurist Hugo Grotius in 1609 that the oceans of the world belong to everyone.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Caracas conference will lay Grotius to rest without ceremony.
From Time Magazine Archive
Names like Shakespeare, Grotius, Bacon, Hobbes appear in half a dozen different places.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
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