Control Council Law No. 1

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Control Council Law No. 1 was an Allied occupation measure enacted after World War II that annulled key Nazi laws as part of the legal dismantling of the Third Reich’s regime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied occupation law
denazification measure
legal act
aimedAt breaking continuity with the legal system of the Third Reich
removing racist and totalitarian provisions from German law
alsoKnownAs Control Council Law No. 1
surface form: Law No. 1 of the Allied Control Council
appliesDuring Allied occupation of Germany
appliesTo Germany
laws enacted during the National Socialist regime in Germany
authority Allied Control Council
surface form: Allied Control Council for Germany
basedOn Allied agreements on the treatment of Germany
classification nullification law
context occupation law in defeated Germany after World War II
country Germany
dateEnacted 1945
enactedBy Allied Control Council
French military government in Germany
Soviet Military Administration in Germany
surface form: Soviet military administration in Germany

British military government in Germany
surface form: United Kingdom military government in Germany

United States military authorities in occupied Germany
surface form: United States military government in Germany
goal elimination of legal foundations of National Socialism
restoration of rule of law in Germany
historicalPeriod post-World War II era
implementedBy Allied military governments
surface form: Allied military governments in Germany
influenced subsequent German legal reforms after 1945
jurisdiction Allied Control Council
language English
German
legalDomain constitutional law
public law
legalEffect declared certain Nazi laws null and void
invalidated legislation inconsistent with democratic principles and human rights
repealed key Nazi statutes
legalStatus in force at time of Allied occupation of Germany
partOf Allied occupation of Germany
post-World War II denazification program
precededBy unconditional surrender of Germany in 1945
purpose annulment of Nazi laws
legal dismantling of the Nazi regime
removal of discriminatory and oppressive legislation enacted under the Third Reich
region occupied Germany
relatedTo Allied Control Council
denazification
legal purge of Nazi influence
subject Nazi legislation
constitutional and statutory framework of the Third Reich

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Control Council Law No. 1 alsoKnownAs Control Council Law No. 1
this entity surface form: Law No. 1 of the Allied Control Council