The system created by the Weimar constitution led to a number of problems.
The Weimar constitution did not provide for a vice presidency.
A year ago, the Weimar Constitution had established the same civil rights for men and women.
Germany was reconstituted as a liberal democratic state under the Weimar constitution.
The Weimar constitution granted the president sweeping powers in the event of a crisis.
The Weimar Constitution did not institute a court with similar powers.
Article 137 of the Weimar Constitution laid down that there was to be no state church.
The decision was a scandal because the court at that time had no standing under the Weimar Constitution.
This decree, which would remain in force until 1945, repealed important political and human rights of the Weimar constitution.
The Weimar constitution provided that the president be directly elected and serve a seven-year term.