The New German Constitution

The New German Constitution is by René Brunet, Professor of Constitutional Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Caen, formerly legal advisor to the French Embassy at Berlin. A quoted message says that it is the wish that men invested with the confidence of the people shall participate in a large measure in the rights and duties of the government.

On the Chancellor, the text says he may not be recalled, and that his functions cease only through resignation or because he is unseated by the majority of the Reichstag. According to the text, the principle is that the Chancellor determines and alone determines the general course of the Cabinet's policy, while the other Ministers direct the affairs of their respective departments along the lines fixed by the Chancellor in his general policy. The text gives a provision that the acceptance of a child in a particular school shall depend upon his qualifications and inclinations, not upon the economic and social position or the religion of his parents.