Law of Indemnity (1825)

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The Law of Indemnity (1825) was a French Bourbon Restoration statute that granted legal protection and amnesty to officials and individuals involved in repressive actions during the post-Napoleonic period, shielding them from prosecution and civil claims.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French law ⓘ
amnesty law ⓘ
statute ⓘ
aimedAt protecting royalist authorities from legal consequences ⓘ
stabilizing the Bourbon regime ⓘ
appliesTo individuals who participated in political repression during the Bourbon Restoration ⓘ
officials involved in repressive actions after the fall of Napoleon ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of France ⓘ
linked to: Restoration France
associatedWithRegime Bourbon monarchy ⓘ
characteristic politically motivated clemency measure ⓘ
retroactive application to past acts ⓘ
chronology enacted after the fall of the First French Empire ⓘ
controversialFor shielding perpetrators of political repression ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateEnacted 1825 ⓘ
effect shielded certain individuals from civil claims ⓘ
shielded certain individuals from criminal prosecution ⓘ
governingBody French legislature ⓘ
historicalPeriod Restoration monarchy in France ⓘ
linked to: Restoration France
language French ⓘ
legalConsequence barred judicial proceedings for certain political acts ⓘ
extinguished liability for covered acts ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional history of France ⓘ
public law ⓘ
legalSystem French legal system ⓘ
politicalContext post-Napoleonic period ⓘ
purpose to grant legal protection to officials involved in repressive actions ⓘ
to provide amnesty for acts committed during political repression ⓘ
relatedTo Bourbon Restoration ⓘ
French counter-revolutionary policies ⓘ
post-Napoleonic political repression in France ⓘ
subjectMatter amnesty ⓘ
civil liability ⓘ
criminal liability ⓘ
state responsibility ⓘ
temporalContext Bourbon Restoration ⓘ
typeOfProtection amnesty from prosecution ⓘ
legal immunity ⓘ

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Bourbon Restoration → notableLaw → Law of Indemnity (1825) ⓘ