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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reichsdeputationshauptschluss → legalForm → Reich law ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichsgesetz
Imperial law → alsoKnownAs → Reich law ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichsrecht