May Constitution of 1934

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The May Constitution of 1934 was the authoritarian charter that established the Austrofascist corporate state in Austria, replacing parliamentary democracy with a one-party, clerical-fascist regime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian charter ⓘ
constitution ⓘ
abolished multi-party system ⓘ
appliesTo Federal State of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austria
characterizedAs Austrofascist constitution ⓘ
containsProvisionOn ban on opposition parties ⓘ
corporate representation of professions ⓘ
limitations on civil liberties ⓘ
strong executive power ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
endedWith Anschluss of Austria in 1938 ⓘ
established Austrofascist corporate state ⓘ
one-party state ⓘ
favored Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
governmentForm authoritarian corporatist state ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Federal Chancellor of Austria ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Federal President of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austrian President
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
ideology Austrofascism ⓘ
Catholic conservatism ⓘ
corporatism ⓘ
influencedBy Catholic social teaching ⓘ
Italian Fascist corporate state model ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalStatus fundamental law of Austria (1934–1938) ⓘ
legislativeBodyType corporatist chambers ⓘ
legitimized Austrofascist regime ⓘ
limited political pluralism ⓘ
officialParty Fatherland Front ⓘ
politicalCharacter authoritarian ⓘ
clerical-fascist ⓘ
one-party regime ⓘ
precededBy Constitution of Austria 1920 ⓘ
reducedRoleOf popular elections ⓘ
region Central Europe ⓘ
replaced First Austrian Republic parliamentary democracy ⓘ
restricted parliamentary democracy ⓘ
strengthenedPositionOf Federal Chancellor ⓘ
succeededBy Nazi German legal order in Austria ⓘ
systemType corporate state ⓘ
weakenedInstitution parliament ⓘ

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Austrofascism → constitution → May Constitution of 1934 ⓘ
Engelbert Dollfuss → implementedPolicy → corporatist constitution of 1934 ⓘ
linked to: May Constitution of 1934
Austrian government of Engelbert Dollfuss → basedOn → May Constitution of 1934 ⓘ
Ständestaat → legalBasis → May Constitution of 1934 ⓘ
Ständestaat → constitutionalBasis → May Constitution of 1934 ⓘ
subject linked to: Ständestaat (corporate state)