Constitutional change
What Constitutional change means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The note refers to permanently redefining the constitutional balance of power and altering the constitutional relationship between Crown and Parliament.
The move from the Kaiserreich's constitutional monarchy to the Weimar Republic's proportional representation and Article 48, and the FRG's Basic Law.
Topics that use Constitutional change
- 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – consequence in this period through the following key questions: (AQA A-Level)
- 1L The quest for political stability: Germany, 1871–1991 – consequence in this period through the following key questions: (AQA A-Level)
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