Equality before the law
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| - | + | '''Equality before the law''', also known as: '''equality under the law''', '''equality in the eyes of the law''', or '''legal equality''', is the principle that each independent human being must be treated equally by the law (principle of [[isonomy]]) and that all people are subject to the same laws of justice ([[due process]]). | |
| - | '''Civil rights movements ''' are a worldwide series of [[political movement]]s for [[equality before the law]], that peaked in the 1960s.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=May 2015}} In many situations they have been characterized by [[nonviolence|nonviolent protests]], or have taken the form of campaigns of [[civil resistance]] aimed at achieving change through [[nonviolent resistance|nonviolent forms of resistance]]. In some situations, they have been accompanied, or followed, by [[civil unrest]] and armed rebellion. The process has been long and tenuous in many countries, and many of these movements did not, or have yet to, fully achieve their goals, although the efforts of these movements have led to improvements in the legal rights of some previously oppressed groups of people, in some places. | + | |
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| - | The main aim of the successful [[Civil Rights Movement]] and other social movements for civil rights included ensuring that the rights of all people were and are equally protected by the law. These include but are not limited to the [[Minority rights|rights of minorities]], [[women's rights]], and [[LGBT rights]]. | + | |
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Civil and political rights]] | + | * [[All men are created equal]] |
| - | *[[Protests of 1968]] | + | * [[Anti-discrimination law]] |
| + | * [[Civil and political rights]] | ||
| + | * [[Equal justice under law]] | ||
| + | * [[Equality of opportunity]] | ||
| + | * [[Global justice]] | ||
| + | * [[Isonomia]] | ||
| + | * [[Meritocracy]] | ||
| + | * [[Prerogative]] – the inverse of equality before the law | ||
| + | * [[Right to equal protection]] | ||
| + | * [[Rule according to higher law]] | ||
| + | * [[Rule of law]] | ||
| + | * [[Social equality]] | ||
| + | * [[List of civil rights leaders]] | ||
| + | * [[List of suffragists and suffragettes]] | ||
| + | * [[List of women's rights activists]] | ||
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Equality before the law, also known as: equality under the law, equality in the eyes of the law, or legal equality, is the principle that each independent human being must be treated equally by the law (principle of isonomy) and that all people are subject to the same laws of justice (due process).
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See also
- All men are created equal
- Anti-discrimination law
- Civil and political rights
- Equal justice under law
- Equality of opportunity
- Global justice
- Isonomia
- Meritocracy
- Prerogative – the inverse of equality before the law
- Right to equal protection
- Rule according to higher law
- Rule of law
- Social equality
- List of civil rights leaders
- List of suffragists and suffragettes
- List of women's rights activists
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