Karlsbad Decrees

The Karlsbad Decrees were a reactionary policy proposed by leaders of the German States to stifle liberalism and nationalism.

• Each university shall have a commissioner who will monitor the teaching of professors and the activity of the students for any liberalism
• The government must remove all professors who teach or support liberal or nationalist doctrines
• Secret or unauthorized associations at universities are made illegal
• All publications must first be approved by the government, and limitations are placed on journalism
• A commission of inquiry is established to hunt down all liberal and nationalist activity