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International audience The period of the Convention has been one of the most studied and the most interpreted, but no research has been done on the whole body of legislation that it enforced. Too much importance has been attached to some of these laws – like the law of 22 Prairial – whereas others have been absolutely neglected. Furthermore, almost no attention has been given to the Legislation committee, although its members were the ones who proposed and drafted all these laws. Amongst them were two key lawyers, Merlin de Douai and Cambacérès, who were responsible for devising the civil and penal texts of this period – except for the law of 22 Prairial. Not only is it essential to know more about their proposals on this topic, but it is also salient to realize that the Convention was busy with the classification and simplification of all laws implemented since the very beginning of the Revolution. A commission was appointed to do the job. At its head was Louis Rondonneau, the great collector and publisher of revolutionary and imperial legislation – until the 1830s.Such an approach can be useful to help us gain a better understanding of the French Revolution. Indeed, it allows us to rediscover some secondary actors who are considered moderates although they were the authors of the most repressive laws of 1793. They even wanted these laws to be perpetuated after Thermidor. Moreover, such an approach gives us concrete proof that the Convention was also preoccupied by common (civil) laws – or what they called 'democratic laws'- and not only by penal and criminal issues – or what has been called revolutionary government. And this revolutionary government was maintained until the enforcement of the 1795 Constitution. ; La Révolution a énormément légiféré, c'est bien connu. Des milliers de lois ont alors été discutées et rédigées par le Comité de législation, qui touchaient à la justice pénale et criminelle mais aussi à la société civile et aux institutions républicaines. C'est de ce comité qu'il sera question ici, ...

International audience ; The period of the Convention has been one of the most studied and the most interpreted, but no research has been done on the whole body of legislation that it enforced. Too much importance has been attached to some of these laws – like the law of 22 Prairial – whereas others have been absolutely neglected. Furthermore, almost no attention has been given to the Legislation committee, although its members were the ones who proposed and drafted all these laws. Amongst them were two key lawyers, Merlin de Douai and Cambacérès, who were responsible for devising the civil and penal texts of this period – except for the law of 22 Prairial. Not only is it essential to know more about their proposals on this topic, but it is also salient to realize that the Convention was busy with the classification and simplification of all laws implemented since the very beginning of the Revolution. A commission was appointed to do the job. At its head was Louis Rondonneau, the great collector and publisher of revolutionary and imperial legislation – until the 1830s.Such an approach can be useful to help us gain a better understanding of the French Revolution. Indeed, it allows us to rediscover some secondary actors who are considered moderates although they were the authors of the most repressive laws of 1793. They even wanted these laws to be perpetuated after Thermidor. Moreover, such an approach gives us concrete proof that the Convention was also preoccupied by common (civil) laws – or what they called 'democratic laws'- and not only by penal and criminal issues – or what has been called revolutionary government. And this revolutionary government was maintained until the enforcement of the 1795 Constitution. ; La Révolution a énormément légiféré, c'est bien connu. Des milliers de lois ont alors été discutées et rédigées par le Comité de législation, qui touchaient à la justice pénale et criminelle mais aussi à la société civile et aux institutions républicaines. C'est de ce comité qu'il sera question ici, ...

La Révolution batave est un domaine encore en friche. Non seulement on ignore les grandes réformes entreprises ou les acquis réels de la période, mais l'interprétation des événements eux- mêmes laisse à désirer. Parmi ceux-ci le rôle précis des agents français dans l'élaboration de la Constitution batave de 1798, la première à avoir été effectivement introduite et à avoir fonctionné durant trois ans. De même, on ignorait jusqu'à présent les diverses raisons qui ont mené à la chute des radicaux, pères fondateurs de cette constitution. L'article s'interroge donc sur ces deux aspects, analysant dans le détail les relations complexes entre agents français et révolutionnaires bataves et recherchant les divers éléments qui ont pu causer la chute et le discrédit du gouvernement radical de janvier 1798. Pour conclure, quelques caractéristiques de la constitution et de la déclaration sont évoquées, lesquelles témoignent de l'originalité de ces deux créations, qui sont le résultat d'un riche dialogue entre Français et Bataves : dialogue donc, voire émulation et non point servile imitation ou impérieuse contrainte. C'est dire que ce texte nuance également l'interprétation traditionnelle entre République mère et républiques sœurs.