Des lettres de cachet et des prisons d’État

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book legal critique political treatise

Des lettres de cachet et des prisons d’État is a political and legal critique by Mirabeau denouncing arbitrary royal imprisonment and the abuses of absolute monarchy in pre-revolutionary France.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ legal critique ⓘ political treatise ⓘ
aimsTo	argue for legal reforms ⓘ denounce arbitrary royal imprisonment ⓘ expose abuses of lettres de cachet ⓘ
author	Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau ⓘ surface form: Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau ⓘ surface form: Mirabeau
concerns	human rights in the Ancien Régime ⓘ political prisoners ⓘ royal prerogative ⓘ state violence ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
criticizes	abuses of absolute monarchy ⓘ arbitrary royal imprisonment ⓘ lack of due process ⓘ lettres de cachet system ⓘ secret state prisons ⓘ
genre	legal literature ⓘ political literature ⓘ
hasPerspective	anti-absolutist ⓘ pro-liberty ⓘ
historicalContext	Ancien Régime ⓘ surface form: Ancien Régime in France Ancien Régime ⓘ surface form: pre-revolutionary France
influencedBy	Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ critique of despotism ⓘ
mainSubject	absolute monarchy ⓘ abuse of power ⓘ arbitrary detention ⓘ lettres de cachet ⓘ royal authority in France ⓘ state prisons ⓘ
movement	Enlightenment political thought ⓘ pre-French Revolution reformist literature ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
politicalPosition	critique of absolute monarchy ⓘ defense of individual liberty ⓘ opposition to arbitrary royal imprisonment ⓘ
relatedTo	French Revolution ⓘ history of French law ⓘ reform of criminal justice in France ⓘ
supports	judicial guarantees ⓘ protection of civil liberties ⓘ rule of law ⓘ

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