When1: 1589
Who: Albericus Gentilis [Gentilis, Albericus] or Albericius Gentilis [Gentilis, Albericius]
What: lawyer
Where: London, England
works\ On the Laws of War [1589]
Detail: He lived 1552 to 1608 and emphasized that contemporary situations required new international law rules.
His ideas came into use in approximately 1900.
He established peace-treaty rules, neutrality rules, and war rules. He established justifications for war, especially self-defense.
Licenses for reprisal against another nation's vessels {letters of marque} are unlawful, because they lead to piracy. Travelers in peacetime have freedom of passage, especially over seas.
Diplomatic personnel have immunity from prosecution, have right of passage, and have right of property and person protection. Rulers cannot reject embassies but can return particular ambassadors. All nations, no matter what governmental system or ruler, are in society of nations.
Epistemology
Rights and laws based on reason are true for all people at all times.
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