page_title: Sénatus-consulte
section_title: Sénatus-consultes marking the regime's liberal evolution (1860s-1870)
hierarchical_section_title: Sénatus-consulte / Second Empire / List / Sénatus-consultes marking the regime's liberal evolution (1860s-1870)
caption_attribution_description: English: French politician Eugène Rouher (1814-1884).
context_page_description: A sénatus-consulte was a feature of French law during the French Consulate, First French Empire and Second French Empire.
caption: Eugène Rouher was a pillar of the authoritarian regime, but it was under his presidency of the Sénat (1869–70) that the regime transformed into a liberal empire.
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