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RIGHTS. DEFINITIONS DISTINCTIONS DERIVATION. DEFINITIONS. BASIC DEFINITION CLAIM BASED UPON AN IMPORTANT VALUE, RECOGNIZED BY THE COMMUNITY, IMPOSING A DUTY ON ANOTHER TO ACT OR FOREBEAR, THEREBY PROTECTING THE CLAIMANT IN THE PURSUIT OF THE VALUE.
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RIGHTS DEFINITIONS DISTINCTIONS DERIVATION
DEFINITIONS • BASIC DEFINITION • CLAIM BASED UPON AN IMPORTANT VALUE, • RECOGNIZED BY THE COMMUNITY, • IMPOSING A DUTY ON ANOTHER TO ACT OR FOREBEAR, • THEREBY PROTECTING THE CLAIMANT IN THE PURSUIT OF THE VALUE. • RIGHTS CONFER POWER AND PROTECTION • RIGHTS LANGUAGE IS OFTEN ADVERSARIAL
ALTERNATIVE DEFINITION • A RIGHT ENTAILS AN OBLIGATION OR DUTY IMPOSED ON ANOTHER, REQUIRING A CONSENSUS IN IDENTIFYING THE BEARER OF THE DUTY, TO ACT OR FOREBEAR IN A WAY, WHICH PROMOTES THE GOOD EMBODIED IN THE RIGHT FOR THE WELFARE OF THE CLAIMANT.
DISTINCTIONS • MORAL • [WISHES] APPEAL TO THE ENLIGHTENED CONSCIENCE • LEGAL • [POWER TO SUE] APPEAL TO CODES OF LAW • POSITIVE • IMPOSE A DUTY TO ACT • NEGATIVE • IMPOSE A DUTY TO FOREBEAR [BEHAVE WITH RESTRAINT]
ADDITIONAL DISTINCTION • INDEFEASIBLE RIGHTS • RIGHTS WHICH OTHERS CANNOT JUSTIFIABLY OVERRIDE • INALIENABLE RIGHTS • RIGHTS WHICH THE BEARER MAY NOT RENOUNCE
DERIVATION OF RIGHTS • GOODS [THAT ARE VALUED] • INDISPENSABLE GOODS/VALUES TO ACHIEVE SPECIFIC GOALS • ASSERTION OF MORAL RIGHTS [WISHES] • CODIFICATION OF LEGAL RIGHTS [STRUCTURED PROTECTIONS AND THE ABILITY TO SUE]
WHY A BILL OF RIGHTS • A MAJOR PART OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS • REDUCES CITIZEN VULNERABILITY • PROTECTS CITIZENS FROM EXCESSES • EMPOWERS CITIZENS • GIVES CITIZENS A VOICE • GIVES CITIZENS STANDING • ALLOWS CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DETERMINATION OF THEIR DESTINY
U.S. CONSTITUTIONAMENDMENT XIV; SECTION 1 • ALL PERSONS BORN OR NATURALIZED IN THE UNITED STATES, AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF, ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE WHEREIN THEY RESIDE. • NO STATE SHALL MAKE OR ENFORCE ANY LAW WHICH ABRIDGES THE PRIVILEGES OR IMMUNITIES OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES; • NOR SHALL ANY STATE DEPRIVE ANY PERSON OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY, WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW; • NOR DENY TO ANY PERSON WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS.