Single Idea 23585

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / b. Justice in war]

Full Idea

It is permissible for one who is waging a just war to take possession of a place situated in a country free from hostilities.

Gist of Idea

It is permissible in a just cause to capture a place in neutral territory

Source

Hugo Grotius (On the Law of War and Peace [1625], II.ii.x), quoted by Michael Walzer - Just and Unjust Wars 15 n

Book Reference

Walzer,Michael: 'Just and Unjust Wars' [Penguin 1984], p.246


A Reaction

This rejects Combatant Equality, allowing the just to do what is morally forbidden to the unjust.