It was the birthplace of the liberal tradition, but also the incubator for Nazism – what can this historic city tell us about democracy?

The progressive but flawed document was a "turning point in German history." While it enshrined many human rights, its shortcomings aided Hitler's rise to power. The German government marked the ...

On 14 August 1919, Germany’s first democratic constitution came into force. The Constitution of the German Reich, soon known as Weimar Constitution marked the end of the German Empire and introduced a ...

The radical humanism of the German Basic Law is still startling today, over 70 years after it was adopted. Its approach was a response to the bitter experiences of National Socialism. "Human dignity ...

If it’s an election year it must be time to revisit the tragic fate of the short-lived Weimar Republic. Critics of the Republican presidential convention's allegedly "dark" tone see even more reason ...

Germany's far-right populists are on the rise, as are random, violent street killings. People are dizzy with the potential – and danger – of new mass media. And, all over Berlin, posters have gone up ...

Germany’s Weimar Constitution originated the semi-presidential constitutional system and was used as a reference for the drafting of the Republic of China’s Constitution. Under the Weimar Constitution ...

Justice Minister Wijayadasa Rajapakshe told Parliament on Tuesday that the Supreme Court’s suspension of a section of the Constitution was like Adolf Hitler suspending the operation of civil rights ...