Influences On Later Constitutions
Many attempts to draft constitutional forms of government, including the United States Constitution, trace their lineage back to Magna Carta.
The British dominions, Australia and New Zealand, Canada (except Quebec), and formerly Union of South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, reflected influence of Magna Carta in their law, and the Charter impacted generally on the states that evolved from the British Empire.
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“The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun; and after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow; ever the grass grows.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)