Law Concerning the Reconstruction of the Reich

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German statute Nazi law centralization law

The Law Concerning the Reconstruction of the Reich was a 1934 Nazi statute that centralized political power in Germany by effectively abolishing the autonomy of the federal states and consolidating authority in the central government.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German statute ⓘ Nazi law ⓘ centralization law ⓘ
aimedAt	eliminating regional political opposition ⓘ strengthening centralized Nazi control ⓘ
appliesTo	German federal states (Länder) ⓘ
associatedWith	Nazi Party ⓘ
consequence	facilitation of authoritarian rule ⓘ increased power of the Reich government over Länder ⓘ loss of legislative powers by the German states ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
dateEnacted	1934-01-30 ⓘ
effect	abolition of the autonomy of the German federal states ⓘ consolidation of authority in the central government ⓘ transfer of state sovereignty to the Reich government ⓘ transformation of Germany into a de facto unitary state ⓘ weakening of federalism in Germany ⓘ
enactedDuring	Nazi consolidation of power ⓘ
enactedUnder	Führer and Reich Chancellor ⓘ surface form: Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor
historicalPeriod	Third Reich ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
impactOnGovernance	centralization of executive powers ⓘ centralization of legislative powers ⓘ
implementedBy	Reich government ⓘ
jurisdiction	Nazi Germany ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
legalArea	administrative law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
legalForm	Reich law ⓘ
legalStatus	no longer in force ⓘ
legislativeBody	Reichstag of Nazi Germany ⓘ surface form: Reichstag
partOf	Nazi Gleichschaltung legislation ⓘ
politicalContext	Gleichschaltung ⓘ Nazification of German state institutions ⓘ
politicalRegime	Nazi Germany ⓘ surface form: Nazi regime
precededBy	Enabling Act of 1933 ⓘ
primaryPurpose	centralization of political power in Germany ⓘ
regionAffected	all German Länder ⓘ
relatedLegalProcess	dismantling of the Weimar federal system ⓘ
shortDescription	1934 Nazi statute centralizing political power in Germany ⓘ
sponsor	Adolf Hitler ⓘ
subjectMatter	constitutional structure of the Reich ⓘ federalism ⓘ state organization ⓘ
typeOfChange	constitutional restructuring ⓘ federal-to-unitary shift ⓘ
yearEnacted	1934 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Government of Prussia → abolishedBy → Law Concerning the Reconstruction of the Reich ⓘ

this entity surface form: Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich

Gleichschaltung → legalInstrument → Law Concerning the Reconstruction of the Reich ⓘ