The New German Constitution

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Author

Brunet, René, 1882-1951

Credits

Produced by Audrey Longhurst and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

JN: Political science: Political inst. and pub. Admin.: Europe

Subject

Germany. Verfassung (1919)

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54957

Release Date

June 21, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.FOREWORD
3. 3.CONTENTS — The German Constitution
4. 4.CHAPTER I THE ORIGINS — SECTION 1 THE REVOLUTION — 1.—THE CONSTITUTION OF APRIL 16, 1871, AND THE REFORMS OF OCTOBER, 1918. — 2.—THE FALL OF THE OLD RÉGIME. — 3.—THE REPUBLIC OF THE COUNCILS. — SECTION II THE NATIONAL CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY — 1.—THE COMPOSITION OF THE ASSEMBLY. — 2.—THE PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION OF FEBRUARY 10, 1919. — 3.—THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY LAWS.
5. 5.CHAPTER II TOWARD A UNITARY STATE — SECTION I TERRITORIAL STATUS OF THE STATES — 1.—THE PROBLEM OF THE DISMEMBERMENT OF PRUSSIA. — 2.—CHANGES IN STATE TERRITORIES. — 3.—THE CREATION OF A STATE—THURINGIA. — SECTION II THE DIVISION OF POWER BETWEEN THE REICH AND THE STATES — 1.—THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATES. — 2.—THE LEGISLATIVE POWER OF THE REICH. — 3.—THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OF THE REICH. — 4.—JUSTICE AND THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE. — SECTION III THE JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF THE REICH — 1.—IS THE REICH A FEDERAL STATE? — 2.—PRUSSIA AND THE REICH.
6. 6.CHAPTER III THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE — SECTION I THE PRINCIPLE — 1.—THE POWER OF THE STATE IS DERIVED FROM THE PEOPLE. — 2.—THE COUNCILS SYSTEM, OR THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT. — 3.—THE CHAMBER OF LABOUR OR THE VOCATIONAL PARLIAMENT. — 4.—THE POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF THE UNIONS. — SECTION II APPLICATIONS — 1.—THE REPUBLIC. — 2.—UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE, THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE ELECTORAL LAW. — 3.—DIRECT GOVERNMENT.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT — SECTION I THE REICHSTAG — 1.—THE PRIVILEGES AND GUARANTEES ACCORDED TO THE REICHSTAG. — 2.—THE RULES OF THE REICHSTAG. — 3.—THE DURATION OF THE POWERS OF THE REICHSTAG. — 4.—THE POWERS OF THE REICHSTAG. — SECTION II THE PRESIDENT OF THE REICH — 1.—THE NEED FOR A STRONG PRESIDENT — 2.—THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE LENGTH OF HIS TERM. — 3.—THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT. — 4.—THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PRESIDENT. — SECTION III THE CABINET OF THE REICH — 1.—THE CHANCELLOR AND THE MINISTERS ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION. — 2.—THE WORKING OF CONSTITUTIONAL RULES; HOW A MINISTRY IS FORMED, WORKS, AND IS DISSOLVED. — SECTION IV THE REICHSRAT — 1.—GENERAL FEATURES OF THE REICHSRAT. — 2.—THE COMPOSITION AND THE FUNCTIONING OF THE REICHSRAT. — 3.—POWERS OF THE REICHSRAT.
8. 8.CHAPTER V FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF GERMANS — 1.—LEGAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES. — 2.—FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL. — 3.—FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF COMMUNITIES. — 4.—RELIGION AND THE CHURCHES. — 5.—EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI THE ECONOMIC CONSTITUTION AND SOCIALIZATION — SECTION I THE ECONOMIC CONSTITUTION — 1.—THE “ANCHORAGE” OF THE COUNCILS IN THE CONSTITUTION. — 2.—CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE COUNCILS. — 3.—FACTORY WORKERS COUNCILS. — 4.—THE TRADE UNIONS AND THE COUNCILS. — 5.—THE PROVISIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL. — SECTION II SOCIALIZATION — 1.—THE PROBLEM OF SOCIALIZATION. — 2.—THE COLLECTIVE ECONOMY. — 3.—THE REGULATION OF THE COAL INDUSTRY.
10. 10.CONCLUSION
11. 11.GLOSSARY
12. 12.APPENDIX THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GERMAN COMMONWEALTH — PREAMBLE — PART ONE Structure and Functions of the Commonwealth — SECTION I COMMONWEALTH AND STATES — SECTION II THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY — SECTION III THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND THE NATIONAL CABINET — SECTION IV THE NATIONAL COUNCIL — SECTION V NATIONAL LEGISLATION — SECTION VI THE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION — SECTION VII THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE — PART TWO Fundamental Rights and Duties of Germans — SECTION I THE INDIVIDUAL — SECTION II COMMUNITY LIFE — SECTION III RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES — SECTION IV EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS — SECTION V ECONOMIC LIFE — SECTION VI TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
13. 13.FOOTNOTES

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