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This article examines a hitherto unpublished early draft originally written in Latin. Via clusters of citations and common lines of argument, a historic link is established with Grotius' "Commentary on the Law of Prize and Booty?"
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Grotius was mulling over the question whether it was possible to forge alliances of war with non-Christians. This was technically forbidden by Canon Law.
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This is not for beginners.
Dr Peter Borschberg
National University of Singapore
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This page is a summary of: ,De Societate Publica cum infidelibus‘ Ein Frühwerk von Hugo Grotius, Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte Romanistische Abteilung, January 1998, Bohlau Verlag,
DOI: 10.7767/zrgra.1998.115.1.355.
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