Weimar Constitution

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Weimar Constitution

Advantages

  • Voting age reduced to 21 for both men and women
  • Election for president every seven years
  • Democratic system where no one person or group held absolute power

Disadvantages

  • Article 48 enabled the president to pass laws without the Reichstag's approval
  • Proportional representation led to unstable coalition goovernments

Evaluation

Additional: New constitution drawn up in town of Weimar instead of Berlin because of unrest in Berlin.

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