Hugo Grotius, Privileges, Fundamental Laws and Rights
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| Publication date | 2011 |
| Journal | Grotiana |
| Volume | Issue number | 32 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-19 |
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| Abstract |
As a result of the political developments in the young and struggling Dutch Republic, Grotius experienced the lack of, and the need for juridical protection of some basic rights against infringements by the government. The privileges, taken for fundamental laws, did not provide this protection sufficiently. After he himself had been prosecuted, Grotius falls back on Holland's division of powers to secure the compliance of these rights. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1163/187607511X612672 |
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