Question

Weimar republic was fragile. Mention any 3 inherent defects in the Weimar constitution

Answer 1

The weimar constitution had some inherent defects which made it unstable and vulnerable to dictator ship. These were:

1)Proportional Represenation: This made achieving a majorty by any one party a near impossible task, leading to rule by coalitions.

2)Article 48:Which the the president the powers to impose emergency, suspend civil rights and rules by decree.

3)Within it's short life the Weimar Republic saw 20 different cabinets lasting on a average 239 days, and a liberal use of Article 48.

4)People lost confidence in the democratic parliamentary system, which seemed to offer no solutions.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The weimar constitution had some inherent defects, which made the government weak and unstable and vulnerable to dictatorship. The defects were:

1) Proportional representation: it became possible for any one political party to achieve a majority, leading to coalition government.

2) Article 48: it give the president the power to impose emergency, suspend civil rights and rule by decree.

Within a short period Weimar Republic start twenty different cabinets lasting 239 days on an average. People no longer had faith in the democratic parliamentary system.