Blom, Hans W.

Research interests
History and Philosophy of the Social Sciences, History of Political Thought, and Dutch 17th century intellectual history

Selected bibliography concerning Natural law

• Books

(ed.) Sacred polities, natural law and the law of nations in the 16th-17th centuries (Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2022), 349 p. (History of European Political and Constitutional Thought, Vol. 7).

(ed.) Hugo Grotius' De veritate religionis Christianae and its reception in the Enlightenment (Leiden: Brill, 2012, 2014), special issues Grotiana, vol. 33 (p. 23-144) and vol. 35 (p. 1-157).

(ed.) Property, Piracy and Punishment: Hugo Groltius on War and Booty in De iure praedae,  Themanummer Grotiana vols 26-28 (Leiden: Brill, 2008).

(with L. C. Winkel) Grotius and the Stoa (Assen: Royal Van Gorcum 2004).

(ed.) Quentin Skinner / Yves Charles Zarka, Hobbes. The Amsterdam Debate (Hildesheim: Olms, 2001).

• Articles

'Introduction' in Sacred Polities, Natural Law and the Law of Nations in the 16th-17th Centuries, ed. Blom, H. (Leiden: Brill, 2022), p. 1-26.

'Political writings' in The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius, ed. Lesaffer, R. & Nijman, J. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021), p. 364-384.

'Sovereignty in Grotius' in Early Modern Sovereignties. Theory and Practice of a Burgeoning Concept in The Netherlands, ed. de Bom, E., Lesaffer, R. & Thomas, W. (Leiden: Brill, 2021), p. 15-47, (Legal History Library, Vol. 47).

(with Mark Somos) 'Public-private concord through divided sovereignty: Reframing societas for International Law' in Journal of the History of International Law, 22, 4 (2020), p. 565-588.

'Hugo Grotius: le défi politique, la guerre juste, la paix' in Guerre juste et droit des gens moderne, ed. Berns, T. & LaFosse, J. (Brussels: Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2017), p. 65-80, (Philosophie politique: généalogies et actualités).

'Hugo Grotius on Trust, Its Causes and Efffects' in Trust and Happiness in the History of European Political Thought, ed. Kontler, L. & Somos, M. (Leiden: Brill, 2017), p. 76-98, (Studies in the History of Political Thought, Vol. 11).

'Grotius’ res nullius. Ein kosmopolitscher Streit über Eigentum und Allgemeingut' in Res nullius. Zur Genealogie und Aktualit:at einer Rechtsformel, ed. Kempe, M. & Suter, R. (Berlin: Dunckler & Humblot, 2015), p. 61-76.

'Hugo Grotius (1583-1645). Kosmopolis en autarkie: het moderne individu in de grensoverschrijdende samenleving' in Een nieuwe wereld. Denkers uit de Nederlanden over politiek en maatschappij (1500-1700). ed. E. de Bom (Antwerpen: Polis, 2015), p. 217-257.

'Sociability and Hugo Grotius' in History of European Ideas, 41/5 (2014), p. 589-604.

'The Meaning of Trust: Fides between self-interest and appetitus societatis' in The Roots of International Law / Les fondements du droit international, Festschrift Peter Haggenmacher, ed. Pierre-Marie Dupuy and Vincent Chetail (Leiden: Brill, 2014).

'The Epicurean motif in Dutch notions of sociability in the seventeenth century' in Epicurus in the Enlightenment, ed. N. Leddy & A.S. Lifschitz (12), (Oxford: Voltaire Foundation / University of Oxford, 2009), p. 31-51.

'Les réactions hollandaises à l¿exécution de Charles I. "Monarchie" et "république" dans les Provinces-Unies après 1649¿' in Monarchie et République au xv11e siècle, ed. Y.C. Zarka (Paris: Paris Presses Universitaires de France, 2007), p. 193-211.

'Booty around 1600: Christian princes, merchant republics and terra incognita' in The Codes Gigas & War Booty and early modern Culture, ed. J. Kreslins (Stockholm: Biblis Society, 2007), p. 25-30.

'Hugo Grotius, Drei Bücher über das Recht des Krieges und des Friedens (1625)' in Geschichte des Politischen Denkens, ed. M. Brocker (Frankfurt a/M: Suhrkamp, 2007), p. 199-211.

'Spinoza on Res publica, Republics, and Monarchies' in Monarchisms in the age of Enlightenment: Liberty, Patriotism, and the Common Good, ed. H. Blom, J.C. Laursen and L. Simonutti (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007), p. 19-44.

'Grotius: un libéral républicain' in Histoire du libéralisme en Europe, ed. Ph. Nemo & J. Petitot (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2006).

'Politik und Religion' in Staat bei Hugo Grotius, ed. N. Konegen & P. Nitschke (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2005).

'Patriots, contracts and other patterns of trust in a polyarchic society: the Dutch 17thc century' in 'Patria' und 'Patrioten' vor dem Patriotismus. Pflichten, Rechte, Glauben und die Rekonfiguration europäischer Gemeinwesen im 17. Jahrhundert, ed. F. von Friedeburg (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), p. 193-213.

'Providence, determinism and the nature of liberty: necessity as an argument for freedom' in Dal necessario al possibile. Determinismo e libertà nel pensiero anglo-olandese del XVII secolo, ed. L. Simonutti (Milano: Franco Angeli, 2001), p. 177-198.

'Two Models of Resistance: Beggars and Liberators in the Dutch Revolt' in Widerstandsrecht in der frühen Neuzeit. Erträge und Perspektiven der Forschung im deutsch-britischen Vergleich, ed. R. von Friedeburg (Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung, 26) (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2001), p. 61-81.

'Natuurrecht, naturalisme, moderniteit' in Filosofie, Ethiek en Praktijk. Liber Amicorum voor Koo van der Wal, ed. M.A. Verkerk & R. Foque (Rotterdam: Rotterdamse Filosofische Studies, EUR 2000).

'Civic republicanism and reason of state' in La Ragion di Stato dopo Meinecke e Croce. A proposito di recenti contributi, ed. E. Baldini (Genova: Name, 1999), p. 115-143.

'Vrijheid in de natuurrechtelijke politieke theorie in de zeventiende-eeuwse Republiek' in Vrijheid (Nederlandse begripsgeschiedenis, ed. E. Haitsma Mulier & W. Velema (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 1999), p. 133-156.

'Élèves de Grotius: Raison d'État entre Naturalisme et Droit de Nature' in Prudenza civile, bene comune, guerra giusta. Persorsi della ragion di Stato tra Seicento e Settecento, ed. G. Borrelli (Napels: 1999), p. 11-28.

'"Zet de ramen open!" Metafysica, moraal en staatsfilosofie in de natuurrechtleer van F.A. van der Marck (1719-1800)' in Zeer kundige professoren: Beoefening van de filosofie in Groningen van 1614 tot 1996, ed. H.A. Krop, H. van Ruller & A. Vanderjagt (Hilversum: Verloren, 1997), p. 163-174.

'Politieke theorieën in het eerste kwart van de 17e eeuw: Vaderland van aristocratische republiek naar gemengde staat' in De Hollandse jaren van Hugo de Groot, ed. H. Nellen & C. Ridderikhof (Den Haag: C. Huygens Instituut, 1996), p. 145-153.