De jure belli ac pacis

De iure belli ac pacis (English: On the Law of War and Peace) is a 1625 book written by Hugo Grotius on the legal status of war that is regarded as a foundational work in international law. The work takes up Alberico Gentili's De jure belli of 1598, as demonstrated by Thomas Erskine Holland. The book was written in Latin and published in Paris.

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