格劳秀斯(又译“格老修斯”)是近代国际法之父。他生于1583年,卒于1645年,享年62岁。虽然身为荷兰人,但他却因政治迫害而不得不颠沛流离于比利时、法国、德国等地。在法国居住期间,他完成了自己最为重要的著作——《战争与和平法》(拉丁文原名“De Jure Belli Ac Pacis”)。这本巨著奠定了格劳秀斯在近代国际法上的崇高地位,为他赢得了 Grotius (also translated “Georg Hughes”) is the father of modern international law. He was born in 1583, died in 1645, at the age of 62. Although as a Dutchman, he had to be displaced from Belgium, France and Germany by political persecution. During his stay in France, he completed his most important book, the Law of War and Peace (former Latin name “De Jure Belli Ac Pacis”). This great work has laid the high status of Grotius in modern international law and won for him