The freedom of the seas : $b or, The right which belongs to the Dutch to take part in the East Indian tradeGrotius, Hugo
Philosophy
The freedom of the seas : $b or, The right which belongs to the Dutch to take part in the East Indian trade
Grotius, Hugo
Freedom of the seas; Law of the sea
Nay more, after such a prohibition, if, namely, a man be prevented
from navigating the sea, or not allowed to sell or to make use of his
own wares and products, Ulpian says that he can bring an action for
damages on that ground.[189] Also the theologians and the casuists
agree that he who prevents another from buying or selling, or who
puts his
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eum qui alterum vendere aut emere impediat, utilitatemve propriam
publicae ac communi praeponat, aut ullo modo alterum in eo quod est
iuris communis impediat, ad restitutionem teneri omnis damni viri
boni arbitrio.
Secundum haec igitur vir bonus iudicans, Batavis libertatem
commerciorum adiudicaret, Lusitanos et ceteros, qui eam libertatem
impediunt, vetaret vim facere, et damna restituere iuberet. Quod
autem in iudicio obtineretur, id ubi iudicium haberi non potest,
iusto bello vindicatur. Augustinus:[190a] ‘Iniquitas partis adversae
iusta ingerit bella’. Et Cicero:[191a] ‘Cum sint duo genera
decertandi, unum per disceptationem, alterum per vim, confugiendum ad
posterius, si uti non licet priore’. Et Rex Theodoricus: ‘Veniendum
tunc ad arma, cum locum apud adversarium iustitia non potest
reperire’. Et quod proprius est nostro argumento,[192a] Pomponius
eum qui rem omnibus communem cum incommodo ceterorum usurpet, MANV
PROHIBENDVM respondit. Theologi quoque tradunt, sicuti pro rerum
cuiusque defensione bellum recte suscipitur, ita non minus recte
suscipi, pro usu earum rerum quae naturali iure debent esse communes.
Quare ei qui itinera praecludat, evectionemque mercium impediat,
etiam non expectata ulla publica auctoritate, _via facti_, ut
loquuntur, posse occurri.
Quae cum ita sint, minime verendum est, ne aut Deus
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private interests before the public and common interests, or who
in any way hinders another in the use of something which is his by
common right, is held in damages to complete restitution in an amount
fixed by an honorable arbitrator.
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