Some philosophers and political scientists make a distinction between claim rights and liberty rights. A claim right is a right which entails responsibilities...

other rights, such as the claim right to be free from assault, may severely limit what others can do to stop them. Liberty rights and claim rights are the...

Rand, and Murray Rothbard. A libertarian view of inalienable rights is laid out in Morris and Linda Tannehill's The Market for Liberty, which claims that...

legal or moral character. The notion of positive and negative rights may also be applied to liberty rights. To take an example involving two parties in a...

human rights, sometimes called "blue rights", deal essentially with liberty and participation in political life. They are fundamentally civil and political...

protection of life, liberty and property. Some thinkers have argued that the concepts of self-ownership and cognitive liberty affirm rights to choose the food...

guarantees the right to life and personal liberty, which in turn cites specific provisions in which these rights are applied and enforced: Protection with...

security, personal liberty, and private property) appertaining to the person". Among personal rights are associated rights to protect and safeguard the body...

Minority rights are the normal individual rights as applied to members of racial, ethnic, class, religious, linguistic or gender and sexual minorities, and also...

Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th...

Bill of Rights. 17th century English philosopher John Locke discussed natural rights in his work, identifying them as being "life, liberty, and estate...

used are: implied rights, natural rights, background rights, and fundamental rights. Unenumerated rights may become enumerated rights if they necessitate...

The "rights of Englishmen" are the traditional rights of English subjects and later English-speaking subjects of the British Crown. In the 18th century...

involved. In this sense, the exercise of liberty is subject to capability and limited by the rights of others. Thus liberty entails the responsible use of freedom...

Provisions of Oxford 1258, the Petition of Right 1628, the Bill of Rights 1689, and the Claim of Right 1689 "From legal document to public myth: Magna Carta...

children through the actions and decisions of adults, while the youth rights movement seeks to grant youth the liberty to make their own decisions autonomously...

Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded...

The rights of civilian and military prisoners are governed by both national and international law. International conventions include the International...

Patient rights consist of enforceable duties that healthcare professionals and healthcare business persons owe to patients to provide them with certain...

the human rights movement has brought attention to the needs of individuals throughout the world. Cultural rights are rights related to art and culture...

Mineral rights are property rights to exploit an area for the minerals it harbors. Mineral rights can be separate from property ownership (see Split estate)...

are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"; this was followed in 1789 by the United States Bill of Rights, that enumerated specific rights, such as...

Digital rights are those human rights and legal rights that allow individuals to access, use, create, and publish digital media or to access and use computers...

Plant rights are rights to which “certain” plants may be entitled. Such issues are often raised in connection with discussions about human rights, animal...

he should have said, "States' rights now! States' rights tomorrow! States' rights forever!" Wallace, however, claimed that segregation was but one issue...

Group rights, also known as collective rights, are rights held by a group as a whole rather than individually by its members; in contrast, individual...

against the debtor, but also with the rights of creditors against one another. Where multiple creditors claim a right to levy against a particular piece...

is the conservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, safety and resistance against oppression. Article...

reducing carbon emission, and approaching the threat on both cultural and biological diversity in general. The rights, claims and even identity of indigenous...

celebrities and politicians. Unlike most common law jurisdictions the personality rights in civil law are generally inheritable, thus one can make a claim against...