Property under the jacobin Republic: the impact of the revolutionary legislation on the land issue.

Author(s)

Laurent Azevedo Marques de Saes

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2008-04-14

Examining board members

Carlos Alberto de Moura Ribeiro Zeron; Modesto Florenzano; Josemar Machado de Oliveira

• Advisor: Carlos Alberto de Moura Ribeiro Zeron

Abstract

The aim of the present work is to study the laws concerning territorial property that were voted under the Jacobin Republic (june 2nd, 1793 - july 27, 1794). During the time they were in power, the jacobins promoted a legal reform of property that would lead, on the one hand, to a reconstruction of individual property as it was conceived by ancient Roman law and, on the other hand, to an effort of democratization of land access and strengthening of small peasant property. This dissertation\'s main objective is to establish a link between the legislation produced during that period and the social model preached by Robespierre and his followers, an ideal that seemed to point to a society of small independent producers. (AU)