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Hugo Grotius was a Dutch jurist who is considered one of the founding fathers of international law. In 1609, he published Mare Liberum which argued that the sea was international territory and all nations were free to use it for trade, providing ideological justification for Dutch expansion. He also argued in De Jure Belli ac Pasis that while war could sometimes be necessary, it should only be pursued as a last resort and should be conducted humanely according to just war doctrine. Grotius helped establish

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