Add to ORKGMost of us become citizens at birth based either on our birthplace or our parents\u27 citizenship status. Over thirty countries recognize birthplace citizenship, but inherited citizenship is nearly universal. Such universal legal rules are rare, and they are particularly remarkable in the context of citizenship, where state sovereignty is near its apex. This Article explores why inherited citizenship is necessary, even in nations recognizing birthplace citizenship. It surveys the history, definitions, purposes, current rules, politics, and global trends in this area and identifies three modern categories of birthright citizenship laws: primary inherited citizenship systems, dual inherited and birthplace systems, and hybrid birthright system...
Under Canada\u27s Citizenship Act, children born outside Canada acquire derivative citizenship-that ...
The purpose of this Note is to assert that while the judiciary may have historically misinterpreted ...
The citizenship status of children born to American parents outside the United States is governed by...
The global distributive implications of automatically allocating political membership according to t...
Great empires and humble nations alike have made similar choices in determining who will be citizens...
This article considers the inheritance of the seventeenth-century English common law conception of t...
The relationship between citizenship, marriage and family has often been overlooked in the social an...
Nationality laws are often derived from the principles of jus soli and jus sanguinis. In recent yea...
Since the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, the United States has conferred citizenship to a...
Birthright citizenship has long been taken for granted. Although the existing regime of citizenship ...
Who qualifies, with full status, as an American citizen? Like all modern nation-states, the United S...
There are two basic methods for acquiring U.S. citizenship at birth: by place of birth or by descent...
As a creature of administrative law, Congress has set forth clear, statutory definitions of “parent,...
Who qualifies, with full status, as an American citizen? Like all modern nation-states, the United S...
How to regulate the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next has been hotly debated among ...
Under Canada\u27s Citizenship Act, children born outside Canada acquire derivative citizenship-that ...
The purpose of this Note is to assert that while the judiciary may have historically misinterpreted ...
The citizenship status of children born to American parents outside the United States is governed by...
The global distributive implications of automatically allocating political membership according to t...
Great empires and humble nations alike have made similar choices in determining who will be citizens...
This article considers the inheritance of the seventeenth-century English common law conception of t...
The relationship between citizenship, marriage and family has often been overlooked in the social an...
Nationality laws are often derived from the principles of jus soli and jus sanguinis. In recent yea...
Since the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, the United States has conferred citizenship to a...
Birthright citizenship has long been taken for granted. Although the existing regime of citizenship ...
Who qualifies, with full status, as an American citizen? Like all modern nation-states, the United S...
There are two basic methods for acquiring U.S. citizenship at birth: by place of birth or by descent...
As a creature of administrative law, Congress has set forth clear, statutory definitions of “parent,...
Who qualifies, with full status, as an American citizen? Like all modern nation-states, the United S...
How to regulate the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next has been hotly debated among ...
Under Canada\u27s Citizenship Act, children born outside Canada acquire derivative citizenship-that ...
The purpose of this Note is to assert that while the judiciary may have historically misinterpreted ...
The citizenship status of children born to American parents outside the United States is governed by...