Law of the Great Terror
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The Law of the Great Terror was a radical decree passed during the French Revolution that drastically expanded the powers of the Revolutionary Tribunal, curtailed defendants’ rights, and accelerated mass executions at the height of the Reign of Terror.
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| Law of the Great Terror canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Law of the Great Terror Context triple: [Law of 22 Prairial, alsoKnownAs, Law of the Great Terror]
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A.
Red Terror
The Red Terror was a brutal campaign of mass arrests, executions, and political repression carried out by the Bolshevik regime and its secret police (the Cheka) during the early years of Soviet power.
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B.
Red Terror
The Red Terror was a brutal campaign of political repression and mass killings carried out by Ethiopia’s Derg regime in the late 1970s, targeting real and perceived opponents during the country’s Marxist-Leninist revolution.
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C.
Doctors' Plot
The Doctors' Plot was a fabricated late-Stalin-era conspiracy accusing predominantly Jewish Kremlin doctors of plotting to kill Soviet leaders, used as a pretext for antisemitic purges and heightened political repression.
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D.
Eleven Years' Tyranny
Eleven Years' Tyranny refers to the period from 1629 to 1640 when King Charles I ruled England without calling Parliament, marked by controversial taxation and growing political and religious tensions.
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E.
The Law of the Soviet State
The Law of the Soviet State is a foundational legal treatise that systematically articulated and justified the principles, structure, and practices of Soviet socialist law and state power.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Law of the Great Terror Target entity description: The Law of the Great Terror was a radical decree passed during the French Revolution that drastically expanded the powers of the Revolutionary Tribunal, curtailed defendants’ rights, and accelerated mass executions at the height of the Reign of Terror.
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A.
Red Terror
The Red Terror was a brutal campaign of mass arrests, executions, and political repression carried out by the Bolshevik regime and its secret police (the Cheka) during the early years of Soviet power.
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B.
Red Terror
The Red Terror was a brutal campaign of political repression and mass killings carried out by Ethiopia’s Derg regime in the late 1970s, targeting real and perceived opponents during the country’s Marxist-Leninist revolution.
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C.
Doctors' Plot
The Doctors' Plot was a fabricated late-Stalin-era conspiracy accusing predominantly Jewish Kremlin doctors of plotting to kill Soviet leaders, used as a pretext for antisemitic purges and heightened political repression.
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D.
Eleven Years' Tyranny
Eleven Years' Tyranny refers to the period from 1629 to 1640 when King Charles I ruled England without calling Parliament, marked by controversial taxation and growing political and religious tensions.
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E.
The Law of the Soviet State
The Law of the Soviet State is a foundational legal treatise that systematically articulated and justified the principles, structure, and practices of Soviet socialist law and state power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
decree
ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ revolutionary law ⓘ |
| abolished | formal defense counsel for most accused ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
eliminating perceived enemies of the Revolution
ⓘ
speeding up revolutionary justice ⓘ |
| allowedVerdicts |
acquittal
ⓘ
death ⓘ |
| appliedIn | French First Republic ⓘ |
| approvedBy | National Convention ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Committee of Public Safety
ⓘ
Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ |
| cameIntoForceDuring | Reign of Terror ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
growing opposition to Robespierre
ⓘ
radicalization of the Terror ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1794-06-10 ⓘ |
| dateEnactedFrenchRepublicanCalendar | 22 Prairial Year II ⓘ |
| expandedPowersOf | Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ |
| field |
French revolutionary history
ⓘ
legal history ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Law of 22 Prairial
ⓘ
Loi du 22 prairial an II ⓘ
linked to:
Law of 22 Prairial
|
| historicalSignificance | symbol of the extremity of revolutionary justice in 1794 ⓘ |
| increased | number of executions in Paris ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Paris Revolutionary Tribunal
ⓘ
linked to:
Revolutionary Tribunal
|
| language | French ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor | mass executions during the Great Terror ⓘ |
| limitedRightsOf | defendants ⓘ |
| partOf |
French Revolution
ⓘ
Reign of Terror ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Committee of Public Safety dominance
ⓘ
Jacobin dictatorship ⓘ
linked to:
Reign of Terror
|
| precededBy | Law of Suspects ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Georges Couthon ⓘ |
| reduced | evidentiary requirements for conviction ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Committee of General Security
ⓘ
linked to:
Committee of Public Safety
Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ |
| removed |
possibility of sentence other than death or acquittal in many political cases
ⓘ
right of appeal ⓘ |
| restricted |
defense counsel
ⓘ
witness testimony for the defense ⓘ |
| simplified | criminal procedure ⓘ |
| statedCriterionForConviction | moral proof rather than strictly material evidence ⓘ |
| strengthened | central control over political trials ⓘ |
| targeted |
political opponents of the Jacobins
ⓘ
suspected counter-revolutionaries ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Great Terror ⓘ |
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