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19th centuary
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Civil Liberties Civil liberties are protections from the power of the government. Some of the rights include the following and are freedoms that protect the individual from arbitrary government interference; right to life, freedom from torture, freedom from slavery and forced labour, the right to privacy, the right to a fair trial, freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, and the right to marry and have a family. These are usually guaranteed and protected by the constitution or by adherence to an international treaty. Until the human rights act 1998 (HRA), English law had no formal modern declaration of fundamental human rights, but had the idea that a person is free to do whatever they please but not anything not expressly forbidden. It has been said that a person's liberty is based on two propositions: 1) People may say or do whatever they please, but have to consider neither breaking substantive law nor infringing...
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