Centenario de la Constitución de Weimar

Pablo Hirschmann

doi:10.24215/25916386e064

Authors

Pablo Hirschmann Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/25916386e064

Keywords:

constitutional history, social constitutionalism, deconstitutionalization

Abstract

August 11th, 2019 marked the 100th anniversary of the approval of the Weimar Constitution, the first German democratic constitution. Its commemoration usually evokes the regime preceding the Third Reich, holding it accountable for its origins, or, to a lesser extent, reminds us of one of the first milestones of the positive incorporation of Social Constitutionalism. This paper -by briefly analysing said german constitution antecedents, its constituent process, its most innovative contents, some of the reasons behind its failure and its projections on other subsequently approved constitutions- aims to acknowledge an optimistic attempt at social and political modernization promoted by democratic forces and means respectful of pluralism and human dignity; in a devastating and terrifying context that, enhanced day after day by incomprehension, dragged some guilty and many innocents into the abyss.

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Author Biography

Pablo Hirschmann, Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA

Lawyer, University of Buenos Aires. Regular Prof. of Constitutional Law, University of Buenos Aires, UBA. Former Legal Secretary of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. Former Secretary General of the Council of the Magistracy of the Judicial Power of the Nation.

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