Cornelis G. Roelofsen (born in Utrecht 1941) holds an MA in History from the University of
Groningen (1967). He taught public international law and its history at the Utrecht Law Faculty (…

This essay is an attempt to analyze Grotius' role in the elaboration of International Relations
Theory. Since this description of our purpose lends itself to a variety of interpretations, we …

It may not seem a very ambitious project to show which sources Grotius used in his two
systematic expositions of International Law, De jure praedae and De jure belli ac pacis. One …

The Court (or'Council') of Holland and Zealand, set up in 1428 by the Duke of Burgundy,
Philip the Good, represented the Duke's authority in these newly acquired territories. Since …

In accordance with the general plan of the eleventh issue of Grotiana (New Series) this essay
is intended to render an account of the present state of'Grotian'studies with regard to those …

III. The Law of Prize: deduction from well-established precedents? i. Prize Law in the 16th
and 17th centuries. Introduction ii. Dutch practice; some episodes 1599-1625 iii. Grotius' …

An essay on the history of arbitration fits the title of this book. However, the period chosen
here, that from 1713 until the Vienna treaties of 1815, is hardly an obvious choice. As a rule, …

Little is known about the law of prize applied in Holland and Zealand before a Court of
Admiralty was established in 1488. Even as regards the functioning of this institution, the so-…

On 2 February 1609 the States General of the Dutch Republic received a letter of recommendation
from Philip, Duke of Pomerania, on behalf of a certain Jacob Lange, a member of the …

Dem EinfluB der gelaufigen Betrachtung eines geschichtlichen Ereignisses kann man sich
nur durch eine bewuBte Anderung des Gesichtspunktes entziehen. Gerade heute ist die …