How did the ancient government of Greece and Rome influenced the system of laws in the modern day United States?

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Even though this is a lesson plan, you can get many ideas out of the long list that is given.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome
In a long article like this, press Ctrl and F (for "find) and then type in a word. I typed in "influence" (without the quotation marks!) and easily found several places with good information.

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/romelaw/f/RomanLaw.htm

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