Law Against the Formation of New Parties
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The Law Against the Formation of New Parties was a Nazi-era statute that effectively established a one-party dictatorship in Germany by outlawing the creation and existence of all political parties other than the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gesetz gegen die Neubildung von Parteien | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German statute
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Nazi law ⓘ law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Law Against the Formation of New Parties
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surface form:
Gesetz gegen die Neubildung von Parteien
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| appliesTo | political parties in Germany ⓘ |
| characteristic |
anti-democratic
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authoritarian ⓘ repressive ⓘ |
| consequence |
centralization of political power in the Nazi Party leadership
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criminalization of attempts to form new political parties ⓘ legal basis for persecution of political opponents ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| effect |
eliminated legal political opposition to the Nazi Party
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established a one-party dictatorship in Germany ⓘ outlawed all political parties except the National Socialist German Workers' Party ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Nazi authorities ⓘ |
| governanceModelSupported | one-party dictatorship ⓘ |
| hasMoralAssessment |
widely regarded as anti-democratic
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widely regarded as oppressive ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
dismantling of the Weimar Republic
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rise of Adolf Hitler ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| ideology | Nazism ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| legalNature | statutory law ⓘ |
| opposes |
multi-party democracy
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political pluralism ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Nazi dictatorship ⓘ |
| politicalPartyPrivileged |
Nazi Party
ⓘ
surface form:
National Socialist German Workers' Party
|
| purpose |
to ban existing political parties other than the NSDAP
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to establish a one-party state in Germany ⓘ to outlaw the formation of new political parties ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Nazi Party
ⓘ
surface form:
National Socialist German Workers' Party
Nazi consolidation of power ⓘ abolition of political pluralism in Germany ⓘ one-party system ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
research on Nazi consolidation of power
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studies of totalitarian legal systems ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Nazi Germany
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surface form:
Nazi regime
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this entity surface form:
Gesetz gegen die Neubildung von Parteien