The Unseen History of International Law
Series: The History and Theory of International Law;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 16 May 2025
- ISBN 9780198952060
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages784 pages
- Size 241x162x42 mm
- Weight 1388 g
- Language English 612
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Short description:
The Unseen History of International Law locates and describes almost one thousand surviving copies of the first nine editions of Hugo Grotius' De iure belli ac pacis, widely regarded as the foundational work of modern international law.
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The Unseen History of International Law locates and describes almost one thousand surviving copies of the first nine editions of Hugo Grotius' De iure belli ac pacis (IBP) published between 1625 and 1650. Meticulously reconstructing the publishing history of these first nine editions and cataloguing copies across hundreds of collections,The Unseen History provides fundamental data for reconstructing the impact of IBP across time and space. It also examines annotations that thousands of owners and readers have left in IBP copies over four centuries, offering original insights into the development of international law.
Grotius' De iure belli ac pacis has been commonly regarded as the foundation of modern international law since its first appearance in 1625. Most major international law scholars have engaged with IBP, often owning and richly annotating their own copies. At key moments - including the demise of the Holy Roman Empire, the fall of Napoleon, and the end of both world wars - IBP was reissued with new commentaries by multinational projects devoted to restarting the international order. Despite the enormous literature on IBP's reception and influence, we cannot fully understand its impact without uncovering the history of IBP as a physical object, with hundreds of thousands of unpublished annotations arguing or agreeing with the text, updating and adapting its contents.
Approaching Grotius' seminal work as a physical vehicle of the author's, the publishers', owners', and readers' engagement, The Unseen History radically expands and revises our understanding not only of IBP, but also of the academic discipline and lived practice of modern international law over the last four centuries. In addition to delving into the first nine editions' printing history, descriptive bibliography, and both Grotius' and the publishers' marketing and donation strategies, the book explores Grotius' subsequent impact on pro-slavery and abolitionist litigation as a case study of how the census' original findings can be applied to specific areas of reception.
Table of Contents:
General Introduction
PART ONE: WRITING AND PRINTING IBP
1625. States and New Findings
1626. Pirated but Improved
1631. Large-Format and Long-Prepared
1632. The Janssonius Piracy
1632. The Blaeu Reprisal
1642. Annotata: Philemon and Posterity
1646. The First Posthumous Edition
1647. Re-issuing the 1631 Edition
1650. After Westphalia
PART TWO: OWNERS AND READERS OF THE IBP
Ownership Patterns of the 1625 IBP
Ownership Patterns of the 1626 IBP
Ownership Patterns of the 1631 IBP
Ownership Patterns of the 1632 Janssonius IBP
Ownership Patterns of the 1632 Blaeu IBP
Ownership Patterns of the 1642 IBP
Ownership Patterns of the 1646 IBP
Ownership Patterns of the 1647 IBP
Ownership Patterns of the 1650 IBP
Patterns in the 1625-1650 Editions
IBP and Censorship
Testing the Census: The Case of Slavery
Conclusion
PART THREE: THE CATALOGUE
The 1625 IBP Copies
The 1626 IBP Copies
The 1631 IBP Copies
The 1632 Janssonius IBP Copies
The 1632 Blaeu IBP Copies
The IBP 1642 IBP Copies
The 1646 IBP Copies
The 1647 IBP Copies
The 1650 IBP Copies
Appendix 1: Printer's Corrections in the 1631 IBP
Appendix 2: List of Co-Bound Copies by Edition
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