What is it about?
This article examines Grotius' treatise Mare Liberum to see what he has to say about trade and access to overseas markets.
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Why is it important?
Mare Liberum ranks as one of the historically most important works on the freedom of maritime navigation and free trade
Perspectives
I am looking at what Grotius knew, what he borrowed from others, and how he tweaked texts to fit his cause.
Dr Peter Borschberg
National University of Singapore
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This page is a summary of: Hugo Grotius' Theory of Trans-Oceanic Trade Regulation: Revisiting Mare Liberum (1609), Itinerario, November 2005, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0165115300010469.
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