WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
The freedom of the seas cover

The freedom of the seas

Chapter 4: CAPITA DISSERTATIONIS HVGONIS GROTII DE MARE LIBERO
By Hugo Grotius
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750)Law & CriminologyPhilosophy & Ethics

About This Book

The treatise advances a legal argument that the oceans are open to all for navigation and commerce, rejecting claims by certain states to exclude foreigners from maritime regions and colonial trade. It marshals natural-law reasoning and precedents to argue that no state can lawfully appropriate the high seas, defends a nation's right to engage in distant commerce, and addresses objections concerning conquest and exclusive possession. Organized as a concise juridical dissertation with systematic argumentation and scholarly notes, the work aims to justify maritime freedom as a principle of international law and practice.

CAPITA DISSERTATIONIS HVGONIS GROTII DE MARE LIBERO

PAGINA
Ad Principes populosque liberos orbis Christiani 1
CAPVT
I. Iure gentium quibusvis ad quosvis liberam esse navigationem 7
II. Lusitanos nullum habere ius dominii in eos Indos ad quos Batavi navigant titulo inventionis 11
III. Lusitanos in Indos non habere ius dominii titulo donationis Pontificiae 15
IV. Lusitanos in Indos non habere ius dominii titulo belli 18
V. Mare ad Indos aut ius eo navigandi non esse proprium Lusitanorum titulo occupationis 22
VI. Mare aut ius navigandi proprium non esse Lusitanorum titulo donationis Pontificiae 45
VII. Mare aut ius navigandi proprium non esse Lusitanorum titulo praescriptionis aut consuetudinis 47

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE
Introductory Note v
Translator’s Preface xi
Freedom of the Seas
To the rulers and to the free and independent nations of Christendom 1
CHAPTER
I. By the Law of Nations navigation is free to all persons whatsoever 7
II. The Portuguese have no right by title of discovery to sovereignty over the East Indies to which the Dutch make voyages 11
III. The Portuguese have no right of sovereignty over the East Indies by virtue of title based on the Papal Donation 15
IV. The Portuguese have no right of sovereignty over the East Indies by title of war 18
V. Neither the Indian Ocean nor the right of navigation thereon belongs to the Portuguese by title of occupation 22
VI. Neither the Sea nor the right of navigation thereon belongs to the Portuguese by virtue of title based on the Papal Donation 45
VII. Neither the Sea nor the right of navigation thereon belongs to the Portuguese by title of prescription or custom 47