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Jus gentium, Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 for "law of nation
Nation

A nation is a cultural and social community. In as much as most members never meet each other, yet feel a common bond, it may be considered an imagined community....
s", was originally the part of Roman law
Roman law

Roman law is the law system of ancient Rome. As used in the West the term commonly refers to legal developments prior to the Roman/Byzantine state's adopting Greek language as its official language in the 7th century....
 that the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 applied to its dealings with foreigners, especially provincial
Roman province

In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of the Italia ....
 subjects. In later times the Latin term
List of legal Latin terms

A number of Latin terms are used in law terminology and legal maxims. This is a partial list of these "legal Latin" terms, which are wholly or substantially drawn from Latin....
 came to refer to the natural or common law among nations considered as states within a larger human society, especially governing the rules of peace and war, national boundaries, diplomatic exchanges, and extradition, that together with jus inter gentes
Jus inter gentes

Jus inter gentes is the body of treaty, U.N. conventions, and other international agreements. Originally a Roman law concept, it later became a major part of International law....
 makes up international law
International law

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of states and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond domestic legal interpretation and enforcement....
.

Jon Roland, of the Constitution Society
Constitution Society

The Constitution Society is a nonprofit international educational and litigation organization presently headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States, founded in 1994....
, lists several rules of law that make up the jus gentium, including:






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Jus gentium, Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 for "law of nation
Nation

A nation is a cultural and social community. In as much as most members never meet each other, yet feel a common bond, it may be considered an imagined community....
s", was originally the part of Roman law
Roman law

Roman law is the law system of ancient Rome. As used in the West the term commonly refers to legal developments prior to the Roman/Byzantine state's adopting Greek language as its official language in the 7th century....
 that the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 applied to its dealings with foreigners, especially provincial
Roman province

In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of the Italia ....
 subjects. In later times the Latin term
List of legal Latin terms

A number of Latin terms are used in law terminology and legal maxims. This is a partial list of these "legal Latin" terms, which are wholly or substantially drawn from Latin....
 came to refer to the natural or common law among nations considered as states within a larger human society, especially governing the rules of peace and war, national boundaries, diplomatic exchanges, and extradition, that together with jus inter gentes
Jus inter gentes

Jus inter gentes is the body of treaty, U.N. conventions, and other international agreements. Originally a Roman law concept, it later became a major part of International law....
 makes up international law
International law

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of states and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond domestic legal interpretation and enforcement....
.

Jon Roland, of the Constitution Society
Constitution Society

The Constitution Society is a nonprofit international educational and litigation organization presently headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States, founded in 1994....
, lists several rules of law that make up the jus gentium, including:
  1. Not attacking other nations, except in declared wars and similar situations;
  2. Honoring truce, peace treaties, and boundaries
    Border

    Borders define geography boundaries of political geography or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, states or Subnational entity. They may foster the setting up of buffer zones....
    ;
  3. Protecting wrecked ships and persons thereon;
  4. Prosecuting piracy
    Piracy

    Piracy is a warlike act committed by a foreign nonstate actor, especially robbery or crime committed at sea, on a river, or sometimes on shore, either from a vessel flying no national flag, or one flying a national flag but without authorization from a nation....
    ;
  5. Caring decently for prisoners of war;
  6. Protection of embassies and diplomats;
  7. Honoring extradition
    Extradition

    Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests and obtains from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal....
     treaties;
  8. Prohibiting slavery
    Slavery

    Slavery is a form of forced labor where a person is compelled to Labor for another . Slaves are held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase, or birth, and are deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to receive Remuneration in return for their labor....
     and trading in slaves.


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