Commentary on the Law of Prize and Booty

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commentary on the law of prize and booty natural law and enlightenment classics Knud Haakonssen General Editor uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu natural law and enlightenment classics Commentary on the Law of Prize and Booty Hugo Grotius Edited and with an Introduction by Martine Julia van Ittersum Major Legal and Political Works of Hugo Grotius lib er ty fu nd Indianapolis This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as the design motif for our endpapers is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 b.c. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash. Introduction and new editorial apparatus 䉷 2006 by Liberty Fund, Inc. The text of this edition is a reprint of the translation of De Jure Praedae by Gwladys L. Williams published in 1950 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Frontispiece: Portrait of Hugo de Groot by Michiel van Mierevelt, 1608; oil on panel; collection of Historical Museum Rotterdam, on loan from the Van der Mandele Stichting. Reproduced by permission. Map of the Far East on pp. iv–v and map of the Spice Islands on p. vii are reproduced from John Keay, The Honourable Company: A History of the East India Company, published by Harper Collins, London: 1990. Used by permission. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 10 09 08 07 06 c 5 4 3 2 1 10 09 08 07 06 p 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Grotius, Hugo, 1583–1645. [De jure praedae commentarius. English] Commentary on the law of prize and booty/Hugo Grotius; edited and with an introduction by Martine Julia van Ittersum. p. cm.—(Natural law and enlightenment classics) “Major legal and political works of Hugo Grotius.” Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1950. (The classics of international law; no. 22) (Publications of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-86597-474-6 (alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-86597-474-8 (alk. paper) isbn-13: 978-0-86597-475-3 (pbk.: alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-86597-475-6 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Prize law. 2. Booty (International law) 3. War, Maritime (International law) I. van Ittersum, Martine Julia, 1968–. II. Title. III. Series. kz2093.a3d413 2006 343.09′6—dc22 2005026380 liberty fund, inc. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-1684 ...