The central legal document of a state, it describes the fundamental rights and duties of citizens as well as the state’s organization and structure, component parts and institutions. Although not the first, the constitution of the USA from 1787/89 is one of the most influential of the early modern constitutions. The Habsburg Monarchy did not have a codified constitution until the Constitution of 1867, though this was valid only for the Cisleithanian part of the Monarchy.