The Weimar Constitution

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Constitution
gptkbp:allows referendums
coalition governments
Article_48
gptkbp:amends Constitutional amendments
gptkbp:bornIn August 11, 1919
gptkbp:challenges hyperinflation
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Reichstag
Reichsrat
gptkbp:criticism instability
its complexity
lack of strong executive
gptkbp:defines President's powers
gptkbp:draft gptkb:Constituent_Assembly
gptkbp:established gptkb:Weimar_Republic
federal structure
Chancellor's role
gptkbp:has progressive for its time
a failure by some historians
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Weimar Constitution
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Bill_of_Rights
provisions for education
provisions for labor rights
gptkbp:influenced social democracy
French Constitution
American Constitution
international law principles
German_Enlightenment_ideas
gptkbp:introduced proportional representation
gptkbp:is_a modern constitutionalism.
gptkbp:is_a_key_component_of German_history
gptkbp:is_a_model_for future constitutions
gptkbp:is_a_platform_for social reforms
democratic_governance
human_rights_in_Germany
modern_German_democracy
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of political science research
historical debate
constitutional law studies
gptkbp:is_characterized_by political instability
political pluralism
frequent changes
gptkbp:is_involved_in liberals_and_socialists
gptkbp:is_supported_by Weimar_political_parties
gptkbp:led_to rise of political extremism
gptkbp:legalStatus Weimar_Republic's_governance
gptkbp:opposedBy nationalists
communists
gptkbp:products gptkb:German_Revolution_1918-1919
gptkbp:provides civil liberties
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:German_Empire_Constitution
Nazi_Germany's_laws
gptkbp:significantEvent German_legal_history
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:World_War_I
political chaos
the_Treaty_of_Versailles
gptkbp:was_a_result_of post-war negotiations
gptkbp:was_marked_by gptkb:Friedrich_Ebert
gptkb:Nazi_regime