Hugo Grotius als Wegbereiter des Menschenrechts auf Asyl und des modernen Rechts zum Schutz geflüchteter Personen vor ernsthaftem Schaden.

»Hugo Grotius as Author Paving the Way for the Human Right to Asylum and the Modern Law Protecting Forced Migrants Against Serious Harm«: This book presents results of research that contradict or go beyond claims of previous publications on Grotius and asylum: a comprehensive concept of asylum, the germ of individual rights, a new assessment of colonialist implications, connections with the reception of Sephardim, protection against political persecution, contributions to a human rights theory, relations between Grotius's concepts and presently applicable features of law and with current discussions within philosophy of law.