From a pariah state, shunned by most of the global community, South Africa has rapidly risen to become the most celebrated constitutional democracy in the world. A Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, for instance, recommended South Africa's Constitution to the Egyptians as a model for guidance, as they pondered a new constitution, following the Arab Spring. She considered South Africa's Constitution even more appropriate than that of the United States for any country writing up a new constitution in the 21st century. David Law and Mila Versteeg make a similar point in the article titled, "The declining influence of the United States Constitution". After studying constitutions of the world, they concluded that the South African Constitution, alongside the German, Canadian and Indian, is an influential benchmark for modern constitution making.