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> signing some rights away. If a "right" can be signed away, it's not really a right. I recall reading about a case where a woman agreed, in writing, to waive
by yaks_hairbrush 14y ago
> signing some rights away.
If a "right" can be signed away, it's not really a right. I recall reading about a case where a woman agreed, in writing, to waive her right to maternity leave under FMLA. She then changed her mind, and the employer sued and lost on the grounds that rights cannot be signed away.
Looked at from that lens, you're arguing that a child's rights can be signed away. My argument is that therefore they aren't rights.
- FJim 14y agoCertain rights can be signed away. A right that cannot be given up, even willingly, is called an 'inalienable' right. Thus in most of the world today, you cannot willingly sell yourself into slavery.
- nl 14y agoExactly. But many of these rights (eg, the right to carry arms, the right to enter into contracts, etc) are limited to adults.