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
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
Dante in the 14th century, Erasmus in the 16th and Grotius in the 17th all envisioned international law as a means of overcoming the natural tendency of states to settle their differences by force.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of these gave rise to several denunciations in 1796, and Melendez was accused of conversing like a man who had read prohibited books, such as Filangieri, Puffendorf, Grotius, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and others.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente
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