America has the world's oldest written constitution (drafted in 1787) and two of the world's oldest political parties (established in 1828 and 1854).

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The U.S. used its power as occupier after World War II to impose a constitution on Japan which forbade possession of a military.

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Serbian leaders also argued that a vote for the constitution would tell the world that Kosovo belonged to Serbia and should never be given independence.

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One one hand, Germany's constitution, written after the second world war to prevent any repeat of Nazi horrors, assures the rights of parents and of religious freedom.

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Following World War II, lawmakers forged a pacifist constitution.

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These principles hark back to the things that made the American economy the greatest in the world in the years before the Fed: the Constitution and the gold standard.

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Since experience can also affect the ability to compete, although they are far beyond their physical peak of 25 for men, the average age of a President of the United States arguably the most powerful person in the world, is 55 to 65, and the constitution requires he or she be at least 40 years old to hold the job.

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Ms Gavison argues that no other court in the world has simply given itself such powers without a written constitution.

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At some forty-four hundred words, not counting amendments, our Constitution is one of the shortest in the world, but few Americans have read it.

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Describing South Africa as "the most unequal society in the world", he highlighted corruption, unaccountability and weaknesses in the constitution as key issues that need to be addressed.

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He describes the process of drafting the constitution -- there was a committee that referred to the constitutions of the world.

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Putin cited examples of other long-serving world leaders, like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was elected president four times before congress amended the Constitution to allow for only two terms.

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