One of the first propositions of the Institutes of Justinian is the following:--"Jus autem civile vel gentium ita dividitur.
For instance, libertas is jure naturali, while dominatio or servitus is introduced ex gentium jure (Dig.
Wolff's conception of the Law of Nations is influenced by his conception of the civitas gentium maxima.
But it must be specially mentioned that Vattel expressly rejects Wolff's conception of the civitas gentium maxima in the preface to his book.
The fact that there is a Family of Nations in existence is strained by Wolff into the doctrine that the totality of the States forms a world-State above the component member States, the so-called civitas gentium maxima.
To all this Grotius replied in a second Dissertatio, and De Laet again renewed the attack: Ioannis de Laet Antwerpiani responsio ad dissertationem secundam Hvgonis Grotii, de origine gentium Americanarum.
This address agrees with that on the Blaeu terrestrial globe of 1622 except that Blaeu wrote "vel etiam ab aliarum gentium .
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gentium" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
