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Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people. according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory. Rights are of essential importance in such disciplines as law and ethics, especially theories of justice and deontology.
Rights are often considered fundamental to civilization, for they are regarded as established pillars of society and culture, and the history of social conflicts can be found in the history of each right and its development. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "rights structure the form of governments, the content of laws, and the shape of morality as it is currently perceived".

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    NSW Right of way obstruction and abuse

    I have a right of way over the property between my property and the closest street which I have used without issue for over 15 years. Lately a new person has purchased this property and has begun verballty abusing anyone other than us using the driveway and abusing us if we talk to him about it...
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    NSW What is the limitation period for action against the employer

    I am writing to seek your guidance and expertise on a matter related to my past employment. I have been retired for the last two decades, and during my working years, I was employed in an industry known for its high-stress levels. Unfortunately, my employer did not provide any built-in supports...
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    NSW Right of Carriageway

    Hello, I am the burdened owner of a section of Carriageway in NSW. We provide clear access to go, pass and repass at all times. If neighbours are not actually using our section to pass through at that time, what rights do they have in relation to leaving gates open specifically overnight...
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    Right of carriage

    Hi We have a property that is burdened by an easement for power water and services to a council site and also a right of carriage to five blocks that use our road. A couple of the blocks have recently sold and the new owners want to take all the land along the easement as their own wanting...
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    TAS Can a right of way be concreted without my consent

    Can a legal aid solicitor help with this property law problem, or how can I get legal help if I am not working any more? Can the beneficiary of a right of way make changes such as concreting the track, without agreement from the landowner? Complication: I am being forced by BC to allow an...
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    NSW Is there right of way to a bushwalking track?

    In the Blue Mountains there are at least five places where land owners have blocked access to bushwalking tracks that had been in use for over 100 years. In the two most egregious cases, they blocked roads with locked gates. One road leads to a national parks built car park and Aboriginal...
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    TAS Right of Way not on Title

    I bought a tiny lot (241 sq m circle) in a strata title development and a dirt access track crossed the side boundary. I reluctantly agreed in the contract that ‘a right of way is being registered’ and I agree to ‘buy the lot with the ROW’. I reluctantly agreed as I was told it was a tiny edge...
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    ACT Aboriginal Right to Vote Federal and State held elections

    Basically, I would like to have my details removed from the Australian Electoral Commission enrolment list. I identify as an Aboriginal and under the The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962 which states that Aboriginal people have the optional right to enrol and vote in Federal elections in...
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    NSW I own a property in NSW with a Right of Carriageway benefitting my neighbour.

    I own a property in NSW with a Right of Carriageway benefitting my neighbour. This Right of Carriageway has not been used for 20 odd years. The neighbour is about to start construction of a road which I have no objection to watsoever. However, I am keen to have the Right of Carriageway moved...
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    NSW Right of Carriageway NSW gets ugly

    I own a 100 acre property in NSW dissected by a road, and consequently a Right of Carriageway 20m wide exists on the larger part of my title showing my lot as being the “authority benefited” with this carriageway burdening several lower numbered lots that lead to the main road (the dissecting...
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