Gentili, Alberico (1552–1608)
Italian jurist. He practised law in Italy but having adopted Protestantism was compelled to flee to England, where he lectured on Roman law in Oxford. His publications, such as De Jure Belli/On the Law of War (1598), made him the first true international law writer and scholar.
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