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The philosophical foundation of the individual fredom is the natural law or natural rights. It is argued to be crucial for any society to live and prosper together. The natural law denotes the customs and practices that serve as the general conditions to be preserved. In this connection, the natural rights are “right to life, right to liberty and right to property”. The natural law understanding of the classical liberals like David Hume and Adam Smith were based on the Grotian views which highlight the stability of possession, its transference by individuals’ consent and keeping promises for sustaining an orderly and stable social life. The acceptance of the natural law comes prior to the establishment of a government that has ended the state of nature. The consequence was the acceptance of the principle that freedom could only be guaranteed under the rule of law (van de Haar, 2009, 26-28).