New Legal Rights in the Legal System of the United States of America

Authors

Roberto Rosas, St. Mary's University School of LawFollow
Bill Piatt, St. Mary's University School of LawFollow

Journal Title

Iuris Tantum

Volume

19

Issue

1

First Page

423

Document Type

Article

Publication Information

2008

Abstract

Currently, there exist an extensive variety of individual rights recognized both nationally and internationally. With the course of time, however, they change; therefore, governments occasionally consider it necessary to create additional protections for their citizens. Generally, these propositions are made possible through the creation and approval of new rights. Even though these new rights are based on other previously established rights, they do offer society the opportunity to protect and defend itself as well as allowing it to continue making progress.

Only a few of the new legal rights that have been recognized within the last few years will be addressed in this article: specifically, the rights for the protection of the environment, the right of privacy in relation to unsolicited commercial telephone calls, the right to the residential information of sexual offenders, the protection of the victims of human trafficking, marriage and civil unions between same-sex couples, euthanasia or death with dignity, and the determination of medical treatment to be administered as well as the donation of human organs.

Recommended Citation

Roberto Rosas and Bill Piatt, New Legal Rights in the Legal System of the United States of America, 19 Iuris Tantum 423 (2008).