„A nép jó, a képviselői megvesztegethetőek” Az 1793-as francia alkotmányról
“The People are Good, Their Representatives are Corruptible”: On the French Constitution of 1793

Summary/Abstract: Although the details of the 1793 “Jacobin” constitution are more or less unknown even to the public of historians, this document has been the subject of the most sharply conflicting opinions since its birth. It is seen by some as essentially a kind of forerunner of the “Stalinist” constitution: created by a dictatorial regime, it was built on principles and contained procedures that were most often flouted by its creators. Its critics argue that the referendum to adopt it was a massive manipulation and that it was ultimately not implemented, and so on. There are even those who consider it to be the most democratic constitution of the modern era and the first constitution based on full equality of citizenship. On the other hand, the debates on the Constitution in the spring of 1793 are considered by many specialists as perhaps the most innovative period of political thought in the Revolution. Its still-prevalent nimbus needs to be explained, as well as its contemptuous dismissal. This is what this paper will attempt to do.

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