1.
General:
Fundamental human rights based on universal
natural law, as opposed to those based on man-made
positive law. Although there is no unanimity as to which
right is natural and which is not, the widely
held view is that nature
endows every human (without any distinction of time or space, and without any regard to age,
gender,
nationality, or race) with certain
inalienable rights (such as the right to 'life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness') which cannot be abrogated or interfered with by any
government. And that, whether or not these
rights are enshrined in a national
legal code, no government is
lawful if it fails to
upholds them. See also
human rights.
2.
Property law:
Rights that
automatically accrue to a
land owner, such as the
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