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Between The Letter And Spirit Of The Law: Ethnic Chinese And Philippine Citizenship By Jus Soli, 1899-1947, Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr
Between The Letter And Spirit Of The Law: Ethnic Chinese And Philippine Citizenship By Jus Soli, 1899-1947, Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr
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Through an examination of archival materials and decisions of the Philippine Supreme Court, this article documents and analyzes the history of citizenship laws and jurisprudence in the Philippines from the close of the nineteenth century to the immediate postwar period. It demonstrates that the articulation between race and nation, mediated by citizenship, varied according to historical and geopolitical contexts, which informed citizenship debates, policies, and interpretations of legal texts. The short-lived 1899 Malolos Constitution offered an inclusive principle of jus soli, but it was superseded by the concept of Philippine citizenship enunciated in the 1902 Philippine Bill. Emblematic of contradictions …