Personal rights
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Personal rights are the rights that a person has over their own body. Among personal rights are associated rights to protect and safeguard the body, most obviously protected by the torts of assault
and battery
. Furthermore, aspects of personality are protected, such as a person's reputation
, by the tort of defamation, and legislation
protecting the privacy
of individuals.
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Assault (tort)
In common law, assault is the tort of acting intentionally, that is with either general or specific intent, causing the reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive contact. Because assault requires intent, it is considered an intentional tort, as opposed to a tort of negligence...
and battery
Battery (tort)
At common law, battery is the tort of intentionally and voluntarily bringing about an unconsented harmful or offensive contact with a person or to something closely associated with them . Unlike assault, battery involves an actual contact...
. Furthermore, aspects of personality are protected, such as a person's reputation
Reputation
Reputation of a social entity is an opinion about that entity, typically a result of social evaluation on a set of criteria...
, by the tort of defamation, and legislation
Legislation
Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it...
protecting the privacy
Privacy
Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively...
of individuals.
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