The Grotius Society was a British society founded in 1915 during
World War I. In 1958, it was dissolved on the merger with the
Society of Comparative Legislation
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, founded in 1895, to form the
British Institute of International and Comparative Law
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The society's objectives were "''to afford facilities for discussion of the Laws of War and Peace, and for interchange of opinions regarding their operation, and to make suggestions for their reform, and generally to advance the study of
international law.''"
[C. P. Ilbert]
Review: The Grotius Society — Problems of the War by Grotius Society
''Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation
The ''International & Comparative Law Quarterly'' is a law review published quarterly by thBritish Institute of International and Comparative Law It was established in 1952 and covers comparative law as well as public and private international la ...
'', New Ser., Vol. 16, No. 2 (1916), pp. 381–383.
Members had to be British subjects, but the society undertook work for the
International Law Association.
Transactions of the Grotius Society
Minutes and other notes from the meetings of the Grotius Society were kept and later published on behalf of the Society of Comparative Legislation under the title "Transactions of the Grotius Society."
See also
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Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius (; 10 April 1583 – 28 August 1645), also known as Huig de Groot () and Hugo de Groot (), was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, poet and playwright.
A teenage intellectual prodigy, he was born in Delft ...
(1583–1645), Dutch jurist
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Thomas Baty
Thomas Baty (8 February 1869 – 9 February 1954), also known by the name Irene Clyde, was an English writer, lawyer and expert on international law who spent much of his career working for the Imperial Japanese government. Baty was also an act ...
(1869–1954), English transgender lawyer, writer and activist
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Transactions of the Grotius Society
The ''International & Comparative Law Quarterly'' is a law review published quarterly by thBritish Institute of International and Comparative Law It was established in 1952 and covers comparative law as well as public and private international la ...
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1915 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations disestablished in 1958
Defunct learned societies of the United Kingdom
Legal organisations based in the United Kingdom
International law organizations
Organizations established in 1915
Hugo Grotius
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