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The Development of the Executive Power in Germany

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The broad use of the “dictatorial” powers granted by the German constitution to the president and the widespread popular demand for constitutional and administrative reform are the two dominant themes of political discussion in Germany today. Both are centered in the problem of what place the executive power occupies, and should occupy, in the German constitutional order. In this age of dictatorship and national concentration, the question is by no means peculiar to Germany. But the German situation contains a number of unusual features which it is the object of this paper to make more vivid and understandable. To this end, I shall first sketch the earlier history of a rather independent executive, then show the place of the executive power in the ordinary parliamentary system of the Weimar constitution, and finally discuss the emergence of a more independent executive under the presidential emergency power.

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  • Friedrich, Carl J., 1933. "The Development of the Executive Power in Germany," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 27(2), pages 185-203, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:27:y:1933:i:02:p:185-203_02
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