Rights

The Legal History of Fundamental Rights

This section provides an overview of Fundamental Rights

Rights, Duties, Body, Will

From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Rights, Duties, Body, Will (1): While there is no property in a dead body so that it may be sold, there are rights and duties out of which may arise tort and criminal actions. The question of the right of a man to dispose of his body by will is not well settled in this country. There are many cases that hold that a person has the right to make a binding testamentary disposition of his own body after death ( O’Donnell v. Slack, 123 Cal., 285; 55 Pacific, 906; 43 L. R. A., 388; Neighbors v. Neighbors, 23 Ky. L., 1433; 65 S. W., 607; Larson v. Chase, 47 Minn., 307; 50 N. W., 238; 14 L. R. A., 85). But on the contrary it has been held that one can not by his will confer any right as to the disposition of his body ( Enos v. Snyder, 131 Cal., 68; 63 Pac., 170; 82 Am. St. R., 330; 53 L. R. A., 21).

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Introduction

Rights

This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of rights, with a description of the most significant features of rights at international level.

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References (Papers)

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• 2015-2016 End Of Session Report Including A Summary Of Legislation, Assembly Committee On Jobs, Economic Development, And The Economy, Jan 2017

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• Human rights

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Notes and References

1. Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago

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• Religion
• Church

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• Legal Biography
• Legal Traditions
• Historical Laws
• History of Law

Further Reading

• Fundamental Rights in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• Fundamental Rights in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
• A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly

The Legal History of Rights In Islamic Law

This section provides an overview of Rights In Islamic Law

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• Legal Biography
• Legal Traditions
• Historical Laws
• History of Law

Further Reading

• Rights In Islamic Law in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• Rights In Islamic Law in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
• A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly