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Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius was a seventeenth-century Dutch jurist, a founder of modern international law. His works addressed the law of war and peace and freedom of the seas. The site notes that debates about the Spanish conquest and the rights of indigenous peoples, part of the Spanish Empire's legacy, contributed to the international law developed by writers such as Grotius.
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