Tag: International Agreements
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Hugo Grotius
Mare Liberum: Pioneered “freedom of the seas,” arguing that oceans are international territory, a core principle of modern maritime law. Just War Theory: Defined legal and moral limits for conflict, asserting that war must have a legitimate cause and follow specific rules. Secular Natural Law: Argued that law derives from human reason rather than just…
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Treaty of Versailles
The 1919 Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty ending the First World War between Germany and the Allied Powers of Great Britain, the US, and France. Defeated Germany had to pay reparations and limit its army to 100’000 men. Germany further lost its colonies and made territorial concessions in Europe. Advocates believed the treaty…