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Home - LONANG Library - Hugo Grotius - Law of War and Peace
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BOOK 2, CHAPTER 14On Promises, Contracts, and Oaths of Those Who Hold Sovereign PowerI. The opinion that restitution in full, which arises from municipal law, pertains to the acts of kings as such, is refuted; also, that a king is not bound by an oathII. To what acts of kings the laws apply is set forth, with distinctions.III. When a king is bound by his oath, and when notIV. How far a king is bound with reference to things which he promised without causeV. Application of what has been said about the force of law as regards the contracts of kings.VI. In what sense a king may rightly be said to be under obligation to his subjects by the law of nature only, and also by municipal lawVII. In what way a right lawfully obtained by subjects may be taken awayVIII. Here the distinction between rights gained by the law of nature and by municipal law is rejectedIX. Whether the contracts of kings are laws, and whenX. In what way the contracts of kings are binding on the heirs of all their possessionsXI. In what way those who succeed to the kingship only may be bound by the same contracts.XII. To what extent those who succeed to the kingship only may be bound by the same contractsXIII. What grants of kings are revocable, and what are not, is set forth, with a distinctionXIV. Whether the rightful possessor of the throne is bound by the contracts of usurpers |
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