User:Hoping To Help/Civil Liberty vs. Civil Rights

NOTE: I'm using this as a scratch pad for information I plan to add to the Civil Liberties article.

Sources:

 * http://public.findlaw.com/civil-rights/civil-rights-basics/civil-rights-vs-liberties.html
 * http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761555666/civil_rights_and_civil_liberties.html
 * http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/Charter/index.html#libertest
 * http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=QwwZea-e9XkC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=Civil+liberties+vs.+Civil+Rights&ots=yHBeiMd-rG&sig=Z_ohApOAJiUSKLn8dBV3j1na_A0#PPA711,M1
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=zp0YjDSAJeoC&pg=PA3&dq=Civil+Liberties+vs.+Civil+Rights&ei=MyULSrv8IJDmkATI48m1Dg#PPA8,M1
 * http://www.lectlaw.com/inll/93.
 * http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/civil-rights/ :Civil Rights entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Andrew Altman
 * Civil rights, civil liberties: http://www.auburn.edu/~johnspm/gloss/civil_rights_civil_liberties
 * Feminism vs. Civil Liberties: http://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/08/opinion/feminism-vs-civil-liberties.html


 * http://www.slideshare.net/christopherrice/ps-101-civil-liberties-civil-rights-fall-2008-presentation


 * Civil Rights vs. Civil Liberties: The Case of Discriminatory Verbal Harassment.: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ454588&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ454588


 * Civil rights vs. civil liberties? The legality of state court lawsuits under the Fair Housing Act: http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Law/Civil-rights-vs-civil-liberties-The-legality-of-state-court-lawsuits-under-the-Fair-Housing-Act.html

Definition: Civil Rights vs. Civil Liberties vs. Political Rights
Civil Liberties are freedoms from the intrusion on individual by the government. They limit the power of the government. The Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights are early examples of documents that limited the governments power and thereby insured the freedom or civil liberties of the individual.

Civil Rights are rights or freedoms guaranteed to groups against non-government actors. Political rights guarantee the individual the opportunity to participate in government and influence the government's decision making process. Examples:

Civil Liberties; Civil Liberties are about limitations on the goverment to restrict the freedoms of the individual. The Magna Carta was a declaration that protected individuals from the power of the King. The Bill of rights