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The Law of Suspects and Terror statutes are later emergency law, not a Rousseau signature

The 17 September 1793 Law of Suspects is a completed Convention instrument. In the causal graph this event strengthens Institutional Corruption, a driver that strengthens Political corruption index — a worsening welfare path.

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The 17 September 1793 Law of Suspects is a completed Convention instrument. Rousseau’s name was already a cult heading.

Context

Medium and complex.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

A 1793 suspect-law is not Du contrat social, and a cult of Rousseau is not a rebate to 1793 either.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.16 · verified

    Named author, patient of police, or heading of later reception. Printers, parlements, and later states share the instrument.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactThe Law of Suspects and Terror statutes are later emergency law, not a Rousseau signature
    2. strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Political corruption index
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 17 September 1793 · verified

    A 1793 suspect-law is not Du contrat social, and a cult of Rousseau is not a rebate to 1793 either.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Maximilien RobespierreEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Archives nationales (France)Archives nationales · High credibility · verified

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorJean-Jacques Rousseau
  2. contributed toFactThe Law of Suspects and Terror statutes are later emergency law, not a Rousseau signature
  3. strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
  4. strengthensIndicatorPolitical corruption index

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Factrail. (2026). The Law of Suspects and Terror statutes are later emergency law, not a Rousseau signature. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/jjr-terror-not-signature

https://factrail.ai/facts/jjr-terror-not-signature

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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