Hugo Grotius (10 April 1583 – 28 August 1645), juga dikenal dengan nama Huig de Groot, Hugo Grocio atau Hugo de Groot, yang pernah menjabat sebagai hakim di Dutch Republic. Bersama dengan Francisco de Vitoria dan Alberico Gentili dia memberikan dasar untuk hukum internasional, yang didasarkan dari hukum alam. Dia dulunya juga merupakan seorang filosof, teologi, Christian apologist, pengarang, and penulis puisi.
Pengaruh Grotius pada hukum internasional adalah sangat penting dan sangat dikenal, sebagai contoh sejak tahun 1999 American Society of International Law mengeluarkan seri-seri kuliahan Grotius setiap tahunnya.
Di Peace Palace Library, Hague, menyimpan banyak karya-karya Grotius termasuk buku-buku mengenai dirinya. Berikut karya-karya nya yang terlist menurut tanggal penerbitannya:
- Adamus exul (The Exile of Adam; tragedy) - The Hague, 1601
- De republica emendanda (To Improve the Dutch Republic; manuscript 1601) - pub. The Hague, 1984
- Parallelon rerumpublicarum (Comparison of Constitutions; manuscript 1601-02) - pub. Haarlem 1801-03
- De Indis (On the Indies; manuscript 1604-05) - pub. 1868 as De Jure Praedae
- Commentary on the Law of Prize and Booty, ed. Martine Julia van Ittersum (Liberty Fund, 2006).
- Christus patiens (The Passion of Christ; tragedy) - Leiden, 1608
- Mare Liberum (The Free Seas; from chapter 12 of De Indis) - Leiden, 1609
- The Free Sea, ed. David Armitage (Liberty Fund, 2004).
- De antiquitate reipublicae Batavicae (On the Antiquity of the Batavian Republic) - Leiden, 1610
- The Antiquity of the Batavian Republic, ed. Jan Waszink and others (van Gorcum, 2000).
- Meletius (manuscript 1611) - pub. Leiden, 1988
- Meletius, ed. G.H.M. Posthumus Meyjes (Brill, 1988).
- Annales et Historiae de rebus Belgicus (Annals and History of the Low Countries; manuscript 1612) - pub. Amsterdam, 1657
- The Annals and History of the Low-Countrey-warrs, ed. Thomas Manley (London, 1665).
- Ordinum Hollandiae ac Westfrisiae pietas (The Piety of the States of Holland and Westfriesland) - Leiden, 1613
- Ordinum Hollandiae ac Westfrisiae pietas, ed. Edwin Rabbie (Brill, 1995).
- De imperio summarum potestatum circa sacra (On the power of sovereigns concerning religious affairs; manuscript 1614-17) - pub. Paris, 1647
- De imperio summarum potestatum circa sacra, ed. Harm-Jan van Dam (Brill, 2001).
- De satisfactione Christi adversus Faustum Socinum (On the satisfaction of Christ against [the doctrines of] Faustus Socinus) - Leiden, 1617
- Defensio fidei catholicae de satisfactione Christi, ed. Edwin Rabbie (van Gorcum, 1990).
- A defence of the Catholic faith concerning the satisfaction of Christ against Faustus Socinus, tr. Frank Hugh Foster (W. F. Draper, 1889).
- Inleydinge tot de Hollantsche rechtsgeleertheit (Introduction to Dutch Jurisprudence; written in Loevenstein) - pub. The Hague, 1631
- The Jurisprudence of Holland, ed. R.W. Lee (Oxford, 1926).
- Bewijs van den waaren godsdienst (Proof of the True Religion; didactic poem) - Rotterdam, 1622
- Apologeticus (Defense of the actions which led to his arrest) - Paris, 1922
- De jure belli ac pacis (On the Law of War and Peace) - Paris, 1625 (2nd ed. Amsterdam 1631)
- The Rights of War and Peace, ed. Richard Tuck (Liberty Fund, 2005).
- De veritate religionis Christianae (On the Truth of the Christian religion) - Paris, 1627
- The Truth of the Christian Religion, ed. John Clarke (Edinburgh, 1819).
- Sophompaneas (Joseph; tragedy) - Amsterdam, 1635
- De origine gentium Americanarum dissertatio (Dissertation of the origin of the American peoples) - Paris 1642
- Via ad pacem ecclesiasticam (The way to religious peace) - Paris, 1642
- Annotationes in Vetus Testamentum (Commentaries on the Old Testament) - Amsterdam, 1644
- Annotationes in Novum Testamentum (Commentaries on the New Testament) - Amsterdam and Paris, 1641–50
- De fato (On Destiny) - Paris, 1648
Sumber: wikipedia
Sebagai tambahan, Hugo Grotius mendasarkan sistem hukum Internasional atas berlakunya hukum alam. Hukum alam telah dilepaskan dari pengaruh keagamaan dan kegerejaan. Banyak didasarkan atas praktik negara dan perjanjian negara sebagai sumber Hukum Internasional disamping hukum alam yang diilhami oleh akal manusia, sehingga disebut Bapak Hukum Internasional