Basically title, because I saw an article from BBC that a few people tried to seize power in Germany. Do they get the power just by occupying the building? Do other states recognise this? What happens to the constitution and the law? Is is a lawless state while they create a new constitution?
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No, occupying the building is symbolic in most senses. However if the building contains the current leader (executive or legislative) of the country, then it is possible to pressure them to leave (or kill them).
For a coup d’etat to work, there needs to be some combination of a substantial control of power (police, military etc), control of the civil government or popular support. The existing government also has to be fairly unpopular.
There are no particular “rules” on how any coup d’etat work. Sometimes it is replacing one dictator with another (just another person at the top with nothing much changing). Other times, it can be really messy – lots of violence and disruption.
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