Question

What are the inherent defects of weimar constitution that made it vulnerable to distatorship?

Answer 1

one was proportional representation .this made achieving a majority by any one party leading to rule by coaltions.

2 defect is article 48 which gave president the powers to impose emergency,suspend civil rights an rule by decree

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.