Home›Constitutional Rights and Civil Liberties›Decision Era›By Century›20th centuryBrowse By20th centuryThis dimension groups landmark cases by the era in which they were decided. Wikipedia's own example dates one leading case's description to "1914," when "Canadian jurist Augustus Henry Frazer Lefroy" wrote his account of what makes a case leading. Browsing by decision era lets a visitor compare landmark cases decided in the same period.Facts20th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedCivil liberties are fundamental rights and freedoms that governments pledge not to restrict, either through constitutions, legislation, or judicial interpretation, without due process of law. 120th centuryFilter Results13 entriesLegal SystemAllCommon Law (6)German Legal System (1)Indian Legal System (2)Law of the United States (2)Mixed Systems (2)CourtAllBundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court) (1)Constitutional Court of South Africa (2)High Court of Australia (1)Supreme Court of Canada (1)Supreme Court of India (2)United States Supreme Court (6)Authoring JuristAllA. N. Ray (1)Harry Blackmun (1)Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1)Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1)William J. Brennan Jr. (1)William O. Douglas (1)Group TreeAllFree Expression, Religion and Conscience Cases (3)Liberty, Emergency Powers and Social Rights Cases (6)Privacy, Reproduction and Personal Autonomy Cases (4)Country or JurisdictionAllAustralia (1)Canada (1)Germany (1)India (2)South Africa (2)United States (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 13ADM Jabalpur v Shivakant Shukla20th centuryAustralian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth20th centuryBuck v Bell20th centuryGovernment of the Republic of South Africa v Grootboom20th centuryGriswold v. Connecticut20th centuryLochner v. New York20th centuryLuth Case20th centuryManeka Gandhi v Union of India20th centuryNew York Times Co v Sullivan20th centuryR v Morgentaler20th centuryRoe v Wade20th centuryS v Makwanyane and Another20th centuryTinker v Des Moines Independent Community School District20th centurySources1. Civil liberties (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaCivil liberties, lead sectionQuote, Civil liberties, lead sectionCivil liberties are fundamental rights and freedoms that governments pledge not to restrict, either through constitutions, legislation, or judicial interpretation, without due process of law.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.