| Constitutional laws established a new Austrian constitution, which provided a bicameral legislature; extended basic rights, but also allowed civil rights to be suspended in case of emergency; and guaranteed ethnic equality before the law and in language, including each ethnic group's right to education and church services in its own language. They did not, however, extend political rights or autonomy to each nationality. They extended ministerial responsibility but did not secure the right of approval of the cabinet for the Reichsrat. | 1 |
