Reprint of the standard critical Latin edition of Grotius's magnum opus of 1625, which established the framework of modern international law. Originally published: Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff. 1919. xv, 752 pp. Grotius describes the situations in which war is a valid tool of law enforcement and outlines the principles of armed combat. Though based on Christian natural law, Grotius advanced the novel argument that his system would still be valid if it lacked a divine basis. In this regard he pointed to the future by moving international law in a secular direction. A work of painstaking philological...