conspiracy
Let an agent explain conspiracy as a legal and social concept, relay criminal law doctrines and social uses from legal and academic sources with attribution, describe the event aliases at the level of public reporting, and distinguish conspiracy from conspiracy theory, from lawful collaboration and from the specific plots named, without any facilitation.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain conspiracy as a legal and social concept, relay criminal law doctrines and social uses from legal and academic sources with attribution, describe the event aliases at the level of public reporting, and distinguish conspiracy from conspiracy theory, from lawful collaboration and from the specific plots named, without any facilitation.
A secret agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful or harmful act, treated in criminal law as an offence in itself in forms such as seditious conspiracy, and used more broadly for hidden agendas and conspiracies of silence in which people collectively withhold information; the registry aliases also name specific plots, including a failed terrorism plot and the 2019 Australian Parliament infiltration plot, which are events rather than kinds. The model describes conspiracy as a legal and social concept without assisting any plot.
What it is for: Not applicable; a legal and social concept.
It can be explain the concept; relay law and doctrine; describe social uses; distinguish related concepts.
Distinguishing features
Agreement-based offence
Secrecy
Legal and social senses
Contested breadth
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a secret agreement.
Physical character
US seditious conspiracy statute: 18 USC 2384 note
conspiracy as inchoate offence: agreement plus, in some systems, an overt act note
conspiracy of silence: collective withholding note
How it is recognised
Secret agreement to do wrong
Seditious conspiracy, hidden agenda, conspiracy of silence; specific plots as event aliases
Conspiracy theory is a belief about conspiracies; collaboration is lawful; the named plots are events
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms, when it happens
is contrasted with - a belief about hidden plots
In practice
Families and kinds
criminal conspiracy as an inchoate offence
seditious conspiracy against the state
civil conspiracy in tort
conspiracies of silence and hidden agendas
historical and reported plots as events
Standards and regulation
Criminal codes defining conspiracy
Sedition and national security laws
Tort law on civil conspiracy
Failure modes and hazards
Agents assisting plots
Confusing conspiracy with conspiracy theory
Registry aliases naming specific plots as if kinds
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.conspiracy
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a conspiracy is.
Regulation.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a conspiracy in law and in social usage, and how does it differ from conspiracy theory and lawful collaboration? definition
- Is the question about the concept, law or a reported event, or a request to plan something, which the model refuses? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are criminal, seditious and civil conspiracy, hidden agendas and conspiracies of silence? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Law Law.
Regulation.
Doctrine
Doctrine.
Doctrine
Doctrine.
- How do legal systems define conspiracy, and what debates exist about its breadth, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Sedition
Seditious conspiracy.
Sedition
Sedition.
- What is seditious conspiracy, and how has it been prosecuted, with cases attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Society Social senses.
Attribution.
Silence
Conspiracy of silence.
Silence
Silence.
- How do conspiracies of silence and hidden agendas operate in institutions, as researchers describe? provenance
- Which entry fits conspiracy of silence? action
Events
Reported plots.
Events
Events.
- What is publicly reported about the plots named in the registry aliases, with sources attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation limited to public reporting? boundary
Context History and theory.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How have historical conspiracies such as the Gunpowder Plot shaped law and culture? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific historical conspiracy? action
Theory
Conspiracy theories.
Theory
Theory.
- How do conspiracy theories differ from real conspiracies, as scholars analyse? provenance
- Which entry fits conspiracy theory? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should seditious conspiracy and conspiracy of silence be separate primary entries?
- How should legal sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific plots; should they be split off as events?