![]() It is under the influence of this text that countries gradually gave up their claims on national sovereignty of maritime areas. The principle of freedom means that every nation can freely use the sea as they wish. The book was written upon request of the Dutch East India company, which wanted to establish a legal framework allowing it to capture enemy ships. There the founder of public international law defended the idea that the sea could not be claimed by anyone contrary to terrestrial areas which are the only territories that can be occupied by a nation. The main principle defining it in peaceful times is the principle of freedom which was laid for the first time by the Dutch lawyer Grotius in the XVII th century, in its book “ De jure praedae” (on the law of prize and booty) and especially one of the chapter “ Mare Liberum” (free sea) published in 1609. ![]() It is one of the oldest branch of public international law. The legislation for the sea is mostly inherited from traditions. 4.6 Scientific exploration and research.2.2 The International Maritime Organization: the long arm of UNCLOS.2.1 United Nations convention on the law of the sea.
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