History A-Level
Constitutional design and stability
What Constitutional design and stability means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Constitutional design and stability
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The 1919 Constitution's salient features, whose strengths for stability included a written constitution and federal structure providing legal order and regional balance.
Topics that use Constitutional design and stability
- Paper 3, Option 37.2: Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited - 2 The birth of democratic Germany, 1917–19 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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