| It depends, I suppose, on how you conceive of the matter. After all, your have a general right to contract. However, you do not have a right to bribe public officials to do your bidding, as it would corrupt public business. Thus, your right to make deals with people is circumscribed in the interest of the community. You have a general right to speak out, even exhort, as you desire, but you do not have the right to incite a mob to tear down the courthouse, although it is not owned by an individual, but by the community as a political entity. In other words, the community is a proxy for the interests of its members, and in respecting its rights, you are respecting their rights........... |
