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De iure belli ac pacis and Slavery: Connecting Case Law and the Census

In: Grotiana
Authors:
Mark Somos Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany

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Matthew Cleary Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany

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Pablo Nicolas Dufour Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany

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Edward Jones Corredera Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany

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Emanuele Salerno Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany

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Online Publication Date:
07 Jan 2025
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Abstract

This article sheds light on Grotius’s writings on slavery and the polyvalent ways in which his ideas have been interpreted and applied throughout history. The article focuses, in particular, on a tension at the heart of the Grotian theory of natural rights, as articulated in De iure belli ac pacis (ibp). Grotius’s views on slavery have attracted the attention of generations of legal scholars, who debated and explored them in courts of justice, in international disputes, and on the margins of their own copies of Grotius’s magnum opus. Overall, this article shows that despite the rise in popularity of other authors and new ideologies, Grotius’s influence in debates about slavery and abolitionism endured well into the modern age.

Title:
De iure belli ac pacis and Slavery: Connecting Case Law and the Census
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/18760759-20240008
Language:
English
Pages:
268–290
Keywords:
slavery; abolitionism; De iure belli ac pacis; human rights; liberalism; authoritarianism
In:
Grotiana
In:
Volume 45: Issue 2
Received:
30 Aug 2024
Accepted:
22 Oct 2024
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1876-0759
Print ISSN:
0167-3831
Subjects:
Legal History, International Law, Intellectual History, History

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