Essays about: "Hugo Grotius"

Found 1 essay containing the words Hugo Grotius.

  1. 1. Zonal Versus Functional Approach in the New Law of the Sea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Nut Sillwatwinyoo; [2012]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The international law of the sea has its roots in Roman law embedded in the ancient doctrines of res communis and res nullius. The law came from custom and practice and was transformed into customary law periodically confirmed and consolidated by fundamental doctrines such as mare liberum or freedom of the seas enunciated by Hugo Grotius in the 1500s and eventually by the doctrine of common heritage of mankind by Ambassador Arvid Pardo in relatively recent times. READ MORE