The Anti-Federalist Papers
As a non-American it always surprises me how much American&#x27;s look for the past for guidance in the democracy and government.  America was one of the first modern democracies, and people who wrote the constitution were the bleeding edge.   All that  was a long time ago and things have evolved.<p>Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jan. 30, 2012:<p>&gt;You should certainly be aided by all the constitution writing that has gone on since the end of World War II. I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012. I might look at the constitution of South Africa — that was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental instrument of government that embraced basic human rights, had an independent judiciary. It really is, I think, a great piece of work that was done. Much more recently than the U.S. Constitution, Canada has the Charter of Rights and Freedoms — dates from 1982. You would almost certainly look at the European Convention on Human Rights. So, yes, why not take advantage of what there is elsewhere in the world?