格老秀斯及其自然法理论——《战争与和平法》典读

Grotius and Natural Law Theory——Reading “the Law of War and Peace”

在西方法律思想史上,自然法的概念源远流长,其对西方民主、法治观念的发生发展产生了深刻的影响。在自然法观念的演化过程中涌现出了一批批的大思想家,胡果·格老秀斯(Hugo Grotius,1583-1645)就是其中之一。胡果·格老秀斯赋予传统自然法理论以新的思维视角、论证方法以及理论体系,发展了国际法理论,将神学教条和道德戒律从自然法中剥离开来,最终,给后世留下了宝贵的法学理论财富。他以一部超越了无理野蛮而极富智慧的巨作《战争与和平法》被誉为近代理性主义自然法学说的创始人,并被后世尊为近代国际法理论的鼻祖。

The concept of natural law has a long history in the West with influence on the western democracy, the rule of law. Dozens of great thinkers, Hugo Grotius（ 1583-1645） is one of them who give the traditional natural law theory with a new perspective of thinking, reasoning methods and theoretical system, thus developing the theory of international law, the theological doctrine and moral precepts from the natural law leaving behind the wealth of law theory. He proposed the intelligence of the act of war and peace known as modern rationalism as the founder of the natural law and the modern theory of international law.