some of the first codetermination laws emerged in universities in the uk during the 19th century, such as the oxford university act 1854 and the cambridge university act 1856. further acts included the south metropolitan gas act 1896 and the port of london act 1908. in germany, there were experiments with worker representation through work councils over the late 19th century, after the first attempts to introduce worker voice by an ex-member of the frankfurt parliament named carl degenkolb. at the end of world war one, the german trade unions made an historic collective agreement with representatives of german business for full partnership in economic management throughout the country. this was put into the weimar constitution article 165, and resulted in a work council law in 1920, and a board representation law in 1922. the fascist government abolished codetermination in 1934, but after world war two, german unions again made collective agreements to resurrect work councils and board representation. these agreements were codified in law in 1951 and 1952.