rights are often publicly traded

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See also rights offering

- stock (stock rights)

@ right to die laws

Cases and statutes which recognize in some instances the right of a dying person to decline extraordinary treatment to prolong life, or right of person's guardian to request such. Clear and convincing proof of patients' wishes is required.

See Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of Health, 110 S.Ct.(1990).

See also death (Natural Death Acts)

- life sustaining procedures

- will (living will)

@ right to know acts

Federal and state legislation requiring disclosure by certain businesses (e.g., chemical manufacturers) to the public and to workers of information about hazardous substances in order that such persons might learn the full range of risks they face concerning their employment and living conditions

@ right to redeem

See right of redemption

@ right to travel

Basic constitutional right exemplified in case of persons applying for welfare assistance in a state in which they have not resided for a prescribed period of time. It is said that to deny such a right to such persons is to inhibit their right to travel and hence to deny them equal protection of the law. Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618, 89 S.Ct. 1322, 22 L.Ed.2d 600

@ right to work laws

@ right-to-work laws

Such state laws (as permitted by Sec. 14(b) of the National Labor Relations Act) that provide in general that employees are not to be required to join a union as a condition of receiving or retaining a job. The wording of these state statutes (existing in about 20 states) vary, with some states generally barring discrimination in employment so as to encourage union membership, others more vaguely barring an employment "monopoly" by a labor union, but most expressly barring the requirement of union membership (or paying dues to a union) as a condition of employment.

See also open shop

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