Liberty refers to the state of being free from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority, encompassing one's way of life, behavior, and political views. Its meaning is context-dependent. In U.S. Constitutional law, ordered liberty balances individual freedom with a fair legal system, ensuring access to opportunities and resources while minimizing unnecessary interference.
In 1920, voting rights were extended to women in the US after the American Civil War, following the 1866 amendment to the US Constitution that extended rights to persons of color.
In 1958, Isaiah Berlin presented his lecture "Two Concepts of Liberty," distinguishing between positive and negative liberty. Negative liberty protects individuals from tyranny, while positive liberty is the freedom from inner compulsions.
In 1965, the United States Supreme Court case Griswold v. Connecticut, Justice William O. Douglas argued that liberties relating to personal relationships, such as marriage, have a unique primacy of place in the hierarchy of freedoms.
According to a 2024 study, the conception of liberty emerged during the late Middle Ages (circa 1000–1600) through interconnected terms across Afro-Eurasia, resulting from translingual practices. The study concludes that liberty is a result of interactions among different parts of the world.
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