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ERIC ED360240: Individual Rights in International Perspective: Lessons on Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Nigeria.

The role of the U.S. Constitution as a model for an influence on the establishment of governments in other nations offers an effective vehicle for expanding education about this nation's civic values, rights, and responsibilities. By studying how the ideas and principles of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights have been adopted, adapted, and integrated into the political and social systems of other nations, under what circumstances these ideas have been transported and adopted successfully, and under what circumstances they have failed, students can gain insight into the Constitution a…