1919 · Constitutions
Weimar Constitution
Germany
Germany's first democratic constitution, with a long list of social and economic rights.
Why it matters
Its weaknesses, and its collapse in the 1930s, shaped the design of the German Basic Law of 1949.
Built on
No earlier text on this timeline is a documented model for it.
Went on to shape
Counting texts that borrowed from the texts that borrowed from this one, 4 later texts on this timeline trace back to it.
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