![]() ![]() Moreover, the constitutional laws enacted at Weimar were formulated under the aegis of the so-called Peace Treaties, and as such they naturally failed to arouse popular opinion in favour of the new Constitution. It was therefore out of harmony with German historical tradition, with German mentality and the ethical constitution of the German nation. But that Constitution had been drawn up by a Conference of theoretical jurists and politicians who were quite out of touch with the practical needs of the nation. This republican Reichstag had been organized according to the principles laid down in the Weimar Constitution of 1919. ![]() The republican parliament however, which followed the War, turned out not only inefficient but positively detrimental to the interests of the country. Even in imperial times, before the War, this institution had proved itself inefficient. The first step taken was to put an end to the manner in which Parliament had hitherto functioned. The situation was too critical to allow of any time being lost in dealing with it. A similar state of affairs existed in the legal sphere and in the administration of justice. When the National Socialist Government came into office, on January 30, 1933, it was confronted with widespread chaos and confusion in the social, economic and political life of the nation.
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