The Führerprinzip crystallized the Nazi regime’s demand that all authority flow from a single, infallible leader, providing a doctrinal justification for absolute obedience during the Third Reich.
It codified the principle that the leader’s will is the ultimate source of law, eliminating institutional checks and embedding personal authority as the legal foundation of the state.
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