Franz could not amend the law before ascending the throne. Even after he did, changing these people's interests would take a great deal of effort.
Politics was nothing like what some people imagined: a word from the ruler and the law was made, ruling supreme for all eternity. In reality, petty scheming and endless back-and-forth were the norm.
Fortunately, things were chaotic enough that whoever had the biggest fist called the shots. And the royal family was stable enough that Franz's was the only voice that mattered.
Within the royal family, Grand Duke Louis was Franz's staunch opponent because Franz had broken the rules of the game. But although Grand Duke Louis was of exalted status, he was not particularly bright, and he had no influence whatsoever at the Vienna Court.
Outside Vienna, Grand Duke Louis wielded even less political influence than Archduke Charles's family.
Franz had swiftly and ruthlessly eliminated both the forces that had attached themselves to Grand Duke Louis and the hidden hands manipulating events behind the scenes, using methods both aboveboard and underhanded.
To cut off the problem at its roots, Franz had introduced the Wartime Provisional Compensation Law. Traitors could not simply die and be done with it, or spend a few days in jail.
To eradicate traitors, one first had to uproot the soil in which they thrived. Traitors had to compensate for the damage they had caused, and the compensation had to continue even after their deaths.
Those who supported traitors by providing them with funds, hiding places, weapons and ammunition, or food were all held jointly liable. If a traitor's property could not cover the damage he had caused, then those who had helped him had to shoulder his debts.
As for the exact form and amount of compensation, there was plenty