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 Restoration France
surface form: Kingdom of 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 France
surface form: Restoration monarchy in 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)