Hugo de Groot

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In the 1600s, Dutch scholar Hugo de Groot laid the groundwork for modern property law.

He recognized that while the state can seize private property for the public good, its power is not absolute: the government has a strict obligation to pay compensation.

Centuries later, his core rule remains the bedrock of global property rights: you cannot separate the power of expropriation from the duty of compensation.

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