A “Bridge OverChaos”:De Jure Belli, Paradise Lost, Terror, Sovereignty, Globalism, and the Modern Law of Nations

Evolution of Indigenous Rights Under International Law: Analysis from TWAIL Perspective

“…(Slater, 2001) Thus naturally occurring elements, such as the open sea, flowing water, air, flora, and fauna, in the forests were referred to common property. For Grotius, this principle of commonality was a part of liberal rules of commerce, where '[n] o one … has the right to hinder any nation from carrying on commerce with any other nation at distance' (Grotius, 1950;Peters, 2005). Grotius, quoting Libanius, notes that:…”

“…And so He called commerce into being, that all men might be able to have common enjoyment of the fruits of earth, no matter where produced. (Grotius, 1950;Peters, 2005) Second, he presents an embryonic form of the 'agricultural argument' that a man could convert common property into private property by engaging his labor. Thus, through 'cultivation', Europeans were enabled to convert common territory of natives into 'private' property (M. A.…”

“…Thus naturally occurring elements, such as the open sea, flowing water, air, flora, and fauna, in the forests were referred to common property. For Grotius, this principle of commonality was a part of liberal rules of commerce, where ‘[n]o one … has the right to hinder any nation from carrying on commerce with any other nation at distance’ (Grotius, 1950; Peters, 2005). Grotius, quoting Libanius, notes that: God did not bestow all products upon all parts of the earth, but distributed the gifts over different regions, to the end that men might cultivate a social relationship because one would have need of the help of another.…”

“…And so He called commerce into being, that all men might be able to have common enjoyment of the fruits of earth, no matter where produced. (Grotius, 1950; Peters, 2005)…”

Milton and Legal Reform

“…Samson Agonistes has attracted critics interested in questions of crime and law (see, for instance, Greenberg, 2002), and a few studies have explored the role that seventeenth-century ideas of international law and penal theory play in Milton's Paradise Lost. For good examples, see Greenberg, 2003b;Brittan and Posner;Peters; Warren. Sarah Higinbotham's dissertation was still under embargo at the writing of this article.…”