Profit and Principle: Hugo Grotius, Natural Rights Theories and the Rise of Dutch Power in the East Indies 1595-1615.(Book review)

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Martine Julia van Ittersum. Profit and Principle: Hugo Grotius, Natural Rights Theories and the Rise of Dutch Power in the East Indies 1595-1615.

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 139. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2006. x + 538 pp. index. illus. map. bibl. $199. ISBN: 90-04-14979-1.

Profit and Principle is an interesting accomplishment in (at least) two ways. It first is an excellent study of the juridical, political, and diplomatic activities of a single Dutch jurist: Hugo Grotius. At the same time, it presents the reader with a comprehensive ...

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