MOST AMERICANS REVERE THEIR CONSTITUTION — but what does the rest of the world think? Is the world rejecting American constitutionalism as a model for other countries? Many say yes. Australian Justice Michael Kirby maintains America is in danger of becoming “a legal backwater.”…

Emily Zackin, Hunter College, City University of New York Discussant: Walter Licht, History, University of Pennsylvania Note: We regret that Nicholas Haysom, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to Afghanistan, has been called to Kabul and will not be able to…