Reich law
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Reich law was the centralized legal framework of Nazi Germany used to implement nationwide policies, including discriminatory and authoritarian measures.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reich law canonical | 2 |
| Reichsgesetz | 1 |
| Reichsrecht | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
centralized legal framework
ⓘ
legal system ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Nazi-controlled courts
ⓘ
Volksgerichtshof ⓘ
surface form:
People’s Court (Volksgerichtshof)
Special Courts (Sondergerichte) ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
consolidation of Nazi power
ⓘ
control of German society ⓘ elimination of political pluralism ⓘ persecution of Jews ⓘ persecution of Roma ⓘ persecution of disabled people ⓘ persecution of political opponents ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Führerprinzip
ⓘ
Nazi racial ideology ⓘ |
| characteristic |
centralization of legal authority
ⓘ
erosion of rule of law ⓘ politicization of justice ⓘ subordination of judiciary to executive power ⓘ |
| consequence |
abolition of judicial independence
ⓘ
facilitation of the Holocaust ⓘ institutionalization of discrimination ⓘ legalization of state terror ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| endTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| governmentForm | totalitarian regime ⓘ |
| historicalContext | rise of Adolf Hitler ⓘ |
| ideology | Nazism ⓘ |
| includes |
Enabling Act of 1933
ⓘ
NurembergLaws ⓘ
surface form:
Nuremberg Laws
anti-Jewish legislation ⓘ emergency decrees ⓘ laws against political opposition ⓘ laws enabling concentration camps ⓘ laws restricting civil liberties ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | German Reich ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple | leader’s will as source of law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defunct ⓘ |
| overrides | Weimar Republic legal safeguards ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nazi authorities
ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi state apparatus
|
| replaced | democratic legal norms of the Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| startTime | 1933 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Third Reich ⓘ |
| usedFor |
implementation of authoritarian measures
ⓘ
implementation of discriminatory measures ⓘ implementation of nationwide policies ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Reichsgesetz
this entity surface form:
Reichsrecht