When1: 1672
Who: Samuel Puffendorf [Puffendorf, Samuel]
What: lawyer
Where: Lund, Germany
works\ On Natural Law and Law of Nations [1672]
Detail: He lived 1632 to 1694.
Law
Laws define what to do or not do and prescribe punishment. Travelers have freedom of seas, except in territorial waters.
Politics
Man's natural duties, defined by natural law, are examples of state duties. Authority has legitimate power to limit freedom and punish people to make people secure or better. Authority can also be legitimate if people have consented. People have obligation to obey superiors. Social relations aid individual self-preservation. Theocracy is not good. Taking booty is sovereign's right, and it is then his property. Treaty or danger {necessity} can allow nations to prevent actions they normally allow.
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