Legally speaking, there are no such things as 'public rights,' as distinguished from individual rights. Legally speaking, there is no such creature or thing as 'the public.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Legally speaking, the term 'public rights' is as vague and indefinite as are the terms 'public health,' 'public good,' 'public welfare,' and the like. It has no legal meaning, except when used to describe the separate, private, individual rights of a greater or less number of individuals.
Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.
If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion.
The public is a part of my real life.
I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.
The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.
You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.
Once you start to provide public services that have to be run under public rules, for example child protection, then it has to go with public law. Institutions have to make a decision whether they want to do that or they don't want to do that.
The public is always right.
Well, anything you want to make public is your public business.