“I will expand on the last two rights in a moment, but first let me say a bit more about how Lefebvre understands rights. For Lefebvre formal, legal rights are never God-given, nor are they natural rights that the framers of constitutions simply write down. Rather rights are always the outcome of political struggle. They are the manifestation, the end result of collective claims made by mobilized citizens. Because they result from struggle, they are always subject to further struggle, to renewed political agitation. This way of viewing rights means that for Lefebvre the point of proposing the new rights in the contract is prefigurative: they are political claims to possible rights that will require mobilization and struggle.”
Important words
Rights – A moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.
Legal Rights- Affect every citizen, whether or not the existence such rights is publicly known.
Natural Rights -Rights that people supposedly have under natural law. The Declaration of Independence of the United States lists life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as natural rights.
Manifestation- An event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something, especially a theory or an abstract idea
Collective claims-Relating to, or being a group of individuals b : involving all members of a group as distinct from its individuals
Struggle-make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction.
Rights are important because rights derived from struggle if it wasn’t for the struggle of Americans rights did not exist .For example slavery is a perfect example of how Americans struggle and rights where put into place for that particular incident.