Constitution of the Weimar Republic

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Constitution_of_the_Weimar_Republic
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy 11 August 1919
gptkbp:category gptkb:Weimar_Republic
1919 in law
Constitutions of Germany
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:criticizedFor enabled rise of authoritarianism
fragmented party system
lack of effective checks and balances
weaknesses in emergency powers
gptkbp:draftedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 14 August 1919
gptkbp:established civil liberties
parliamentary democracy
proportional representation
universal suffrage
direct election of the president
gptkbp:historicalName post-World War I Germany
Treaty of Versailles era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Constitution of the Weimar Republic
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Constitution_of_the_German_Empire
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:locationSigned gptkb:Weimar
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Weimar_Constitution
gptkbp:notableFeature social rights
federal structure
strong presidential powers
guaranteed civil rights
emergency powers for president
proportional representation electoral system
referenda mechanism
gptkbp:notablePublication Article 22 (universal, equal, secret, direct suffrage)
Article 109 (equality before the law)
Article 25 (dissolution of Reichstag)
Article 48 (emergency powers)
gptkbp:officialName Die Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs
gptkbp:periodOfEffect 1919–1945
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Constitution_of_the_German_Empire
gptkbp:reasonForSuspension gptkb:Nazi_regime
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Enabling_Act_of_1933
gptkb:German_Revolution_of_1918–1919
establishment of the Weimar Republic
collapse of the German Empire
rise of the Nazi regime
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany
23 May 1949
gptkbp:significance first democratic constitution of Germany
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany
gptkbp:suspendedOn 1933
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_China_(1947)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7