U.S. Constitution no longer an inspiration WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing rights since 1787, no longer influences other government constitutions, an American scholar said Monday. A study to be published in the New York University Law Review points out similarities between the U.S. Constitution and those written since the 1980s by new countries and those with reform governments have declined significantly. Available now are models that offer more rights, require no fitting of 21st century problems into 18th century ideas and are easier to amend. Professor David Law of Washington University, one of the study's authors, said, "Nobody wants to copy Windows 3.1." A report in The New York Times mentioned that, according to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the places to look for constitutional inspiration are the South African Constitution, the 1982 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the European Convention on Human Rights, which each mention rights for women and the disabled, among others. The U.S. Constitution offers fewer protections than more modern governmental frameworks and has the disadvantage of being 225 years old. On average, modern countries rewrite their constitutions every 19 years, the report said.