Mare Liberum
Book by Hugo Grotius / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the 1609 book. For the legal principle it advocated, also known as mare liberum, see Freedom of the seas. For the waters outside national jurisdictions also known by that name, see International waters.
Mare Liberum (or The Freedom of the Seas) is a book in Latin on international law written by the Dutch jurist and philosopher Hugo Grotius, first published in 1609. In The Free Sea, Grotius formulated the new principle that the sea was international territory and all nations were free to use it for seafaring trade. The disputation was directed towards the Portuguese Mare clausum policy and their claim of monopoly on the East Indian Trade.
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Author | Hugo Grotius |
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Original title | Mare Liberum, sive de jure quod Batavis competit ad Indicana commercia dissertatio |
Translator | Richard Hakluyt |
Language | Latin |
Subject | Law of the sea |
Genre | Law |
Publisher | Lodewijk Elzevir |
Publication date | 1609 |
Publication place | Dutch Republic |
Published in English | 2004 |
OCLC | 21552312 |
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