History A-Level
Emergency powers and constitutional loopholes
What Emergency powers and constitutional loopholes means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Emergency powers and constitutional loopholes
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The emergency decree issued after the Reichstag Fire suspended civil liberties and suppressed communist opponents, while the Enabling Act allowed Hitler to pass laws without the Reichstag.
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