Regulatory guarantees of the right to citizenship in states of continental law

The article includes the analysis of the guarantees of the right to citizenship in the systems of law analyzed comparatively: continental and Anglo-Saxon law. The authors consider it opportune to first make a brief characterization of the mentioned legal systems, highlighting the main features that bring them closer or distinguish them. The states of both legal systems analyzed provide in its legislation the possibility of naturalization for persons legally residing in its territories. The right to citizenship in continental states is governed by domestic law and numerous international conventions. In continental law, two basic ways of acquiring citizenship apply: by virtue of origin or by virtue of naturalization. Citizenship by virtue of origin is acquired by birth, regardless of the will of the individual. In this case two principles apply - ius sanguinis and ius soli, in some countries of the continental legal system they are applied in pure form, and in others in combined form. Acquisition of citizenship by naturalization is done according to legal conditions that differ from one state to another