five types

Characteristics of Legal Rights:

• Legal rights exist only in society
• They are claims of the individuals for their development in society
• They are rational and moral claims that people make in their society
• They are equally available to all the people

Legal Rights – Rights Kinds In other words, a right is any action of a person which law permits Legal rights is different from a moral or natural right in the sense that it is recognized & protected by law, whereas the latter may/may not be recognized & protected by law

Human rights comprise of civil and political rights, such as the right to life, liberty and freedom of expression; and social, cultural and economic rights including the right to participate in culture, the right to food, and the right to work and receive an education

Rights considered negative rights may include civil and political rights such as freedom of speech, life, private property, freedom from violent crime, freedom of religion, habeas corpus, a fair trial, and freedom from slavery

The right to health was again recognized as a human right in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Since then, other international human rights treaties have recognized or referred to the right to health or to elements of it, such as the right to medical care

Among all the rights to which we are entitled, health care may be the most intersectional and crucial The very frailty of our human lives demands that we protect this right as a public good Universal health care is crucial to the ability of the most marginalized segments of any population to live lives of dignity

Advantages Lowers overall health care costs: The government controls the prices through negotiation and regulation Forces hospitals and doctors to provide the same standard of service at a low cost: In a competitive environment like the United States, health care providers must also focus on profit

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