hereditary for life and he was the Supreme Commander of the army The Chancellor was chosen by the Kaiser and was also usually the chairman of the Bundesrat. The Bundesrat was the upper house of parliament. Members were chosen by the State Government. The 17 Prussian representatives could veto any law. The Reichstag was less important than the Bundesrat in making laws. They could only approve the laws proposed by the Chancellor and the Bundesrat. The Reichstag was the lower house of parliament‚ with
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task of hearing petitions to the Lord Chancellor. The first Chancellors were men of the cloth‚ and they were required to pass judgment guided by their conscience and based on morals and equality. As these Chancellors had no legal training‚ and were not guided by precedent‚ their decisions were often widely diverse. However‚ in 1529 a lawyer‚ Sir Thomas More‚ was appointed as Chancellor‚ this was the beginning of a new era‚ from then on all future Chancellors were lawyers‚ and from around 1557 onwards
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In Germany during 1919-1933‚ the development of the nazi party was clear. A few dips in their success seemed terrible for the short term but successful of the long term. Hitlers rise to chancellor in 1932 enabled the nazi party to use the likes of the enabling act to rule supreme power in extreme times. The nazi party used propaganda to brainwash people into thinking the nazi ideals and morals were correct and the best way for German to move on. Their main target was children and young adults who
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England 1053-1065 England at this time saw relative stability the Godwin brothers and their sister dominated the political life in England. Harold was head of the family and called sub-regulus which meant deputy king. The greatest family triumph came from the decisive defeat of the welsh. Edgar Atheling There was an underlying issue of who would be Edwards’s heir upon his death. Edward was not producing a son anytime soon. Prince Edward was actually the heir to the throne has he was the closely
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Euro Debt Crisis Explained by Tejvan Pettinger on July 10‚ 2014 in economics In 2007‚ EU economies‚ on the surface‚ seemed to be doing relatively well – with positive economic growth and low INFLATION. Public debt was often high‚ but (apart from Greece) it appeared to be manageable assuming a positive trend in economic growth. However‚ the global credit crunch (see: Credit crunch explained) changed many things. 1. BANK Loses. During the credit crunch‚ many commercial European BANKS lost money on
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The Assistant Vice Chancellor of Communications for Aesop‚ Lawrence Fairbanks‚ was considered as an individual with high standing. He received the authority to purchase objects that were up to $2‚500 without any regulations or supervision. He was treated with respect and was well liked by his friends and staff of the University before he was caught and arrested for fraudulent behavior. He took advantage of the Universities accounting procedures and decided to manipulate and change it for monetary
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Chapter 4: Separation of Powers A. Historical Development 1. The Politics‚ Aristotle proclaimed that: "There are three elements in each constitution in respect of which every serious lawgiver must look for what is advantageous to it; if there are well arranged‚ the constitution is bound to well arranged‚ and the differences in constitutions are bound to correspond to the differences between each of these elements. The three are‚ first‚ the deliberative‚ which discusses everything of
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extremists used terrorism to send an evil message to America‚ both V and Chancellor Sutler used violence to gain a voice in a world of chaos. In the film V for Vendetta the viewer is welcomed to a dystopia in which the government not only controls its citizens‚ but removes their privacy‚ civil rights‚ general freedoms‚ and even regulates what types of foods‚ jobs‚ and materials one is allowed. As the plot moves along‚ Chancellors Sutler’s actions to reach this dystopia are revealed. His use of biological
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Hitler decided to run for president. He ran up against Paul von Hindenburg. Hitler was eventually defeated‚ but still was not deterred. He realized that his party needed more representatives because that usually meant that their leader would become chancellor. He increased his number of representatives from 107 to
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played a considerable role in undermining the German democracy in his later presidential years‚ through appointing Adolf Hitler (1933) chancellor of Germany in spite of his awareness of Hitlers dictatorial qualities‚ and invoking Article 48 under which the government no longer functioned democratically. Hindenburgs biggest mistake was to make Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany in 1933‚ for this meant that an era of German elections and parliamentary life had come to an end‚ and an era of dictatorship
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