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 ... (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)

Deep-sea genetic resources and the interest of the biotechnology industry in their exploitation are emerging as a significant challenge for international oceans governance. This book is the first comprehensive examination of this issue. Focusing on the ecosystems associated with deep-sea hydrothermal vents in areas beyond national jurisdiction, it examines a range of emerging activities in the deep-sea including bioprospecting, marine scientific research, mining and tourism and considers the effectiveness of existing international law and governance mechanisms to sustainably manage these activities. It includes a detailed examination of the nature and extent of bioprospecting in the deep-sea and its relationship with other activities such as marine scientific research. The book sets out in detail, suggestions for how international law and policy regimes could respond to these challenges. As the first detailed study on this issue, it will be useful reference for academics, diplomats, economists, scientists and policy makers alike. CONTENTS......Page 8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 12 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 16 INTRODUCTION......Page 20 I The Life and Times of Hugo Grotius......Page 25 II Two Systems of International Relations......Page 28 III A Grotian Tradition in International Law?......Page 33 IV The Cambridge School of Political Thought......Page 39 V The Dutch East India Company and the People without History......Page 45 VI Grotius’ Political and Intellectual Collaboration with the VOC Directors: A Preview of the Argument......Page 54 VII A Note on the Text and Illustrations......Page 62 1.1 Introduction......Page 72 1.2 A Fruitless Voyage to the East......Page 78 1.3 In Defense of Freedom of Trade and Navigation......Page 91 1.4 The Capture of the Santa Catarina......Page 101 1.5 The Natural Right to Punish in Private and Public Wars......Page 114 2.1 Introduction......Page 124 I The Spanish Black Legend and the Dutch Revolt......Page 131 II The Dutch Editors of De Las Casas......Page 140 III Rhetorical Strategies in De Jure Praedae......Page 148 2.3 A Portuguese Conspiracy in the East Indies? Investigating the Sources of De Jure Praedae......Page 152 2.4 Humanist Ethics in De Jure Praedae......Page 169 2.5 Conclusion......Page 174 3.1 Introduction......Page 176 3.2 The Fruin Thesis......Page 185 3.3 The Capture of the St. Jago......Page 194 3.4 Challenging the Verdict of the Middelburg Admiralty Court: The Portuguese New Christians......Page 201 3.5 Challenging the Verdict of the Middelburg Admiralty Court: Francisco Carletti......Page 210 3.6 A French East India Company? Political Developments in Paris and The Hague, 1604–1606......Page 222 3.7 The Intended Audience of De Jure Praedae: Amsterdam Anabaptists or Dutch Regents?......Page 238 3.8 No Trade Without War: Two VOC Petitions Drafted by Hugo Grotius......Page 248 3.9 Conclusion......Page 258 4.1 Introduction......Page 260 4.2 Grotius and the Eight Months’ Armistice of April 1607......Page 265 4.3 Grotius and the Peace Negotiations of February to March 1608......Page 288 4.4 The Voyage of Willem Pieterszoon Verhoef to the East Indies (1607–1609)......Page 337 4.5 Conclusion......Page 350 5.1 Introduction......Page 354 5.2 VOC Pamphleteering in the Spring and Summer of 1608......Page 360 I Discourse in the Form of a Petition Regarding the Necessity of the Navigation to the East Indies, By Which Means the Free Dutch Provinces Will Attain the Greatest Prosperity......Page 366 II Statement of Important Reasons That Should Induce the Dutch Estates General Not to Withdraw from the Indies Trade and Navigation......Page 373 III Impartial Discussion of the Indies Trade......Page 382 IV The VOC and the War Party......Page 389 V Hugo Grotius and VOC Pamphleteering......Page 392 5.3 Hugo Grotius and the Truce Negotiations (August 1608–April 1609)......Page 402 5.4 Conclusion......Page 427 6.1 Introduction......Page 430 6.2 Grotius’ Justification of a Dutch Monopoly of the Spice Trade (I): Rights and Contract Theory at the Anglo-Dutch Colonial Conferences of 1613 and 1615......Page 442 6.3 Grotius’ Justification of a Dutch Monopoly of the Spice Trade (II): Historical Fact and Fiction at the Anglo-Dutch Colonial Conferences of 1613 and 1615......Page 467 I The Voyage of Henry Middleton to the Moluccas, 1604–1606......Page 471 II The Voyages of William Keeling and David Middleton to the Banda Islands, 1609–1610......Page 483 III John Saris Visits the Moluccas, February–May 1613......Page 507 IV John Jourdain Visits Ambon and Ceram, March–May 1613......Page 522 6.4 Conclusion......Page 552 EPILOGUE......Page 556 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 564 AUTHOR INDEX......Page 582 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 589

This monograph is a study of the interaction of politics and political theory in The Netherlands and Asia in the early seventeenth century. Its focal point is the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), who developed his rights and contract theories for the benefit of the United Dutch East India Company or VOC. The monograph reconstructs the immediate historical context of his political thought, as conceptualized in his early manuscript De Jure Praedae/On the Law of Prize and Booty and Mare Liberum/The Free Sea (1609). It argues that Grotius’ justification of Dutch interloping in the colonial empires of Spain and Portugal made possible the VOC’s rise to power in the Malay Archipelago, which resulted in the slow, but steady, loss of selfdetermination on the part of the inhabitants of the Spice Islands.

This monograph is a study of the interaction of politics and political theory in The Netherlands and Asia in the early seventeenth century. Its focal point is the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), who developed his rights and contract theories for the benefit of the United Dutch East India Company or VOC. The monograph reconstructs the immediate historical context of his political thought, as conceptualized in his early manuscript De Jure Praedae / On the Law of Prize and Booty and Mare Liberum / The Free Sea (1609). It argues that Grotius' justification of Dutch interloping in the colonial empires of Spain and Portugal made possible the VOC's rise to power in the Malay Archipelago, which resulted in the slow, but steady, loss of self-determination on the part of the inhabitants of the Spice Islands. This monograph is a study of the interaction of politics and political theory in The Netherlands and Asia in the early seventeenth century. Its focal point is the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius (1583&2-1645) who developed his rights and contract theories for the benefit of the United Dutch East India Company or VOC. The monograph reconstructs the immediate historical context of his political thought, as conceptualized in his early manuscript De Jure Praedae/On the Law of Prize and Booty and Mare Liberum/The Free Sea (1609). It argues that Grotius' justification of Dutch interloping in the colonial empires of Spain and Portugal made possible the VOC's rise to power in the Malay Archipelago, which resulted in the slow, but steady, loss of self-determination on the part of the inhabitants of the Spice Islands. Jacob van Heemskerck's capture of the Santa Catarina and its justification in De Jure Praedae (1604-1606) Hugo Grotius and the Spanish black legend: humanist historiography and moral philosophy in De Jure Praedae Why was De Jure Praedae written? Hugo Grotius and the peace negotiations between Spain and the United Provinces, 1607-1608 Hugo Grotius and the truce negotiations between Spain and the United Provinces, 1608-1609 VOC spokesman and lobbyist during the Twelve Years' Truce. Presents a study of the interaction of politics and political theory in The Netherlands and Asia in the early seventeenth century. This monograph focuses on the Dutch jurist, Hugo Grotius, who developed his rights and theories for the benefit of the United Dutch East India Company. It reconstructs the historical context of his political thought