John Locke's ideas<span> are once again found in an American document. His </span>ideas<span> of the people getting to choose their leaders or the power lies with the people is ever present in the </span>US<span>. Montesquieu's </span>ideas<span> were also used in the </span>US constitution<span>. Montesquieu believed in the separation of power with checks and balances.</span>
Answer: Hammurabi's Code
Explanation:
Hammurabi's code is one of the earliest known legal 'documents' in known history upon which a code of laws was written. It was named Hammurabi's code as it was written during the reign of King Hammurabi of Babylonia.
The code is notable for having some of the earliest basis for the law of retribution or simply put, the idea of "an eye for an eye" by including examples of scenarios where the law would be applied. For instance, the code talks about how a man who steals a cow must pay it back 30 times.
Woops thought it said native americans
They may prefer appointment of judges rather than election to avoid having judges who have biases towards cases & people that they judge upon? (Hopefully that helps a little, I hope it isn't confusing)
Henry David Thoreau is the answer