Le crime de lèse-nation (1789-1791)
Histoire d'une invention juridique et politique
First Edition
Amidst the excitement and tumult of 1789, as a nation was being shaped in the halls of the Jeu de Paume, the National Assembly invented a new crime. Modelled on the traditional crime of lèse-majesté as if to better illustrate the transfer of sovereignty, the crime of 'lèse-nation' was designed to protect the Revolution and its new values.
Jean-Christophe Gaven presents a large and remarkably thorough dossier on the beginnings of the Revolution, when royal sovereignty and national sovereignty were in competition. The author’s approach takes the form of a rigorous appeal, describing how and why the nation chose to create a new, separate form of criminal protection. The second, denser section of this volume then examines the dimension of ‘political justice’ included in the crime of lèse-nation. The author works meticulously to decipher the birth of this new form of criminal and political justice, entirely devoted to protecting the Revolution and its ambitions.
Jean-Christophe Gaven is a professor of legal history at the Université Toulouse 1 Capitole. He is a member of the Centre toulousain d’histoire du droit et des idées politiques (Toulouse Centre for the History of the Law and Political Ideas). He works primarily on the history of the law, criminal punishment, and political justice.
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- Publisher
- Presses de Sciences Po
- Author
- Jean-Christophe Gaven,
- Collection
- Académique
- Language
- French
- Publisher Category
- > Fields > Law
- Publisher Category
- > History
- Publisher Category
- > History field
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- HIS000000 HISTORY > LAW000000 LAW
- BIC subject category (UK)
- H Humanities > L Law
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- 06 Professional and scholarly
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- Presses de Sciences Po
- Title First Published
- 15 April 2016
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- Thema subject category: Law
Thema subject category: History
- Type of Work
- Monograph
- Includes
- Index, Bibliography
Paperback
- Publication Date
- 15 April 2016
- ISBN-13
- 978-2-7246-1880-8
- Product Content
- Text (eye-readable)
- Extent
- Main content page count : 450
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- 9782724618808
- Dimensions
- 13.8 x 21 x 3 cm
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- 670 grams
- List Price
- 28.00 €
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- Version 2.1, Version 3
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- Publication Date
- 15 April 2016
- ISBN-13
- 978-2-7246-1846-4
- Product Content
- Text (eye-readable)
- Extent
- Main content page count : 560
- Code
- 9782724618464
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- Adobe DRM
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- 19.99 €
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- Version 2.1, Version 3
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Contents
INTRODUCTION
I — NOUVELLE NATION, NOUVELLES PROTECTIONS
Chapitre 1 / DE LA NÉCESSITÉ DE PROTÉGER LA NATION
La nation en danger
Discours pénal, protections politiques
Révolution politique, protection pénale
Chapitre 2 / DE LA DIFFICULTÉ DE DÉFINIR LA LÈSE-NATION
Une intégration de circonstance
Une intégration provisoire
La légalité des crimes de lèse-nation en débat
Chapitre 3 / DES USAGES DE LA LÈSE-NATION
La répression des abus d'autorité
La stabilisation de l'ordre public
La recherche des complots contre-révolutionnaires
Les peines de la lèse-nation
II – UNE NOUVELLE JUSTICE POLITIQUE ?
Chapitre 4 / LES VIGILES DE LA NATION
La compétence provisoire des magistrats d’Ancien Régime
La vigilance extrajudiciaire du personnel révolutionnaire
La création d’une Haute Cour nationale provisoire
L’activité de la Haute Cour nationale provisoire d’Orléans
Chapitre 5 / LES AMBIGUÏTÉS D’UN MODÈLE LIBÉRAL
La dénonciation des criminels de lèse-nation
La recherche des criminels de lèse-nation
La saisine du tribunal national
Le bénéfice des nouvelles garanties judiciaires
CONCLUSION
Annexe 1 / CHRONOLOGIE DES PRINCIPAUX ÉVÉNEMENTS
Annexe 2 / GÉOGRAPHIE DE LA LÈSE-NATION