April Constitution of 1935
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The April Constitution of 1935 was the fundamental law of interwar Poland that significantly strengthened presidential powers and established an authoritarian framework in the Second Polish Republic.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitution
→
fundamental law → |
| aimedTo |
strengthen presidential powers
→
weaken parliament → |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Poland → |
| associatedWith | Józef Piłsudski → |
| characterizedBy |
concentration of power in the executive
→
limited political pluralism → weakening of legislative branch → |
| country | Second Polish Republic → |
| dateAdopted | 1935-04-23 → |
| dateEffective | 1935-04-24 → |
| dateSigned | 1935-04-23 → |
| definedRoleOf |
Council of Ministers
→
President of Poland →
surface form: "President of the Republic of Poland"
Sejm → Senate → |
| follows | March Constitution of 1921 → |
| governmentForm | authoritarian system → |
| grantedPowerTo | President of Poland → |
| grantedPresidentPower |
appoint and dismiss the government
→
designate his successor → dissolve Sejm → issue decrees with force of law in certain circumstances → |
| hasAlternativeName |
April Constitution of 1935
→
surface form: "Constitution of Poland of 1935"
April Constitution of 1935 →
surface form: "Polish April Constitution"
|
| historicalContext | Sanation after May Coup of 1926 → |
| inForceUntil |
Invasion of Poland
→
surface form: "German invasion of Poland in 1939"
World War II → |
| introducedPrinciple | strong presidentialism → |
| language | Polish → |
| legalForm | written constitution → |
| legalStatus | abolished → |
| legalSystem | Polish law → |
| limitedPowerOf |
Sejm
→
Senate → |
| partOf | constitutional history of Poland → |
| placeOfAdoption | Warsaw → |
| politicalOrientation |
Sanation movement
→
surface form: "Sanation regime"
|
| regulates |
organization of state authorities
→
presidential succession → relations between executive and legislature → |
| repealedBy | Small Constitution of 1947 → |
| replaced | parliamentary system with a presidential system → |
| restricted | parliamentary control over the executive → |
| subjectOf |
constitutional law scholarship
→
historical debate on authoritarianism in Poland → |
| timePeriod |
Second Polish Republic
→
surface form: "interwar Poland"
interwar period → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Constitution of Poland"
this entity surface form: "Polish April Constitution"
this entity surface form: "Constitution of Poland of 1935"
this entity surface form: "April Constitution of Poland (1935)"
this entity surface form: "Constitution of April 1935 of Poland"