Its influence appears in similarities of phrasing and borrowed passages in other constitutions, as well as in the principles of the rule of law, separation of powers and recognition of individual rights.
The American experience of constitutional amendment and judicial review motivated constitutionalists at times when they were considering the possibilities for their nation's future.
[1][2][3] The historian William H. McNeill argued that the United States saw itself as "one of a family of peoples and nations" making a history apart from the European civilization of their colonization.
The American experience of fundamental law with amendments and judicial review has motivated foreign constitutionalists to reconsider possibilities for their own future.
[4] This view informed Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War,[a] his contemporary and ally Benito Juarez of Mexico,[b] and the second generation of 19th century constitutional nationalists, José Rizal of the Philippines[c] and Sun Yat-sen of China.
It adopted a federal system similar to the US, with a senate that represented the states (direct election to both Houses was a new concept).
[19] The site offers other materials in eighteen languages besides English, such as Dari, Indonesian, Malay, Serb, and Turkish.
[20] The center's statutory mission[21] includes working with judges and court officials of the U.S. and other nations to improve the administration of justice.
The U.S. State Department lists translations of the Bill of Rights into fifty-one languages:[52]A second site[53] links to the following translations: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese (simplified), French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish.
The engraving shown on this issue is after an 1856 painting by Junius Brutus Stearns of Washington and shows delegates signing the Constitution at the 1787 Convention.
George Washington is on dais with an open document in hand; James Madison sits at the table, taking his famous notes on the convention.