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The Legal Status Of Amerasian Children In Japan: A Study In The Conflict Of Nationality Laws, Chin Kim, Stephen R. Fox

San Diego Law Review

This Article examines the conflict between Japanese and United States nationality laws. Due to the conflict in these laws, nearly 4000 Amerasian children could become stateless. The article reviews the two major conflicting principles of nationality laws, jus sanguines and jus soli, and then reviews both the Japanese & Unites States nationality laws. The article goes on to discuss the effects of statelessness including legal, social, and economic hardships. Finally the article discusses solutions to the dilemma through unilateral, bilateral, and multilateral actions.

Foreword, Joshua Eilberg

San Diego Law Review

Immigration is the root of America's national existence. The immigration process has fueled the growth of this country as well as shaped its character. Even the most cursory review of this country's history reminds us of the vital role played by immigrants in the development of the United States.

Immigration Benefits For Children Born Out Of Wedlock And For Their Natural Fathers: A Survey Of The Law, Paul Wickham Schmidt

San Diego Law Review

This Article discusses the complex and unusual way in which the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 defines "child" to exclude natural fathers and their illegitimate children from the scheme for preferred immigration status while granting the same status to natural mothers and their illegitimate children. The author begins by discussing the importance of the term "legitimate" in the act and goes on to explain three ways an illegitimate child may still meet the Act's definition of "child" by fulfilling three requirements for legitimization: 1) sufficient acts of legitimization, 2) the age requirement, and 3) legal custody. The author finishes …

Alien Physicians And Their Admission Into The United States, Allen E. Kaye, Dan P. Danilov, Laurier B. Mcdonald

San Diego Law Review

This Article discusses legislation passed by Congress in 1976 to drastically reduce the eligibility of alien physicians to enter the United States because of a fear of inferior medical services and a belief that such immigration was leading to a shortage of health care providers in some foreign nations. The article surveys the new requirements such as passing both medical and English competence examinations as well as obtaining individual labor certifications. The article goes on to discuss ways in which alien physicians can come to the Unites States without passing these examinations.

Aliens Under The Federal Venue Statute, Syed I. Hyder

North Carolina Central Law Review

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Recent Decisions, Kate Eyler, Margaret H. Young, B. Rowland Heyward, Gary I. Christian

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Recent Decisions Immigration--Entry Resident Alien Who Makes Brief Visit Outside the Country is Deportable if He Reenters United States at an Unauthorized Location while Aiding Illegal Aliens to Enter

Kate Eyler

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International Banking--Bankruptcy--When Foreign Law Prohibits a Foreign Banking Corporation from Supplying Required Creditors List, Chapter XI Petition Should Not be Dismissed as Inherently Defective

Margaret Helen Young

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The instant case represents a change in long-standing ICC policy at once consistent with its statutory groundwork, yet with potentially drastic economic impact. In the final analysis, the issues were whether the subsequent legislation represented a congressional expression of its …

Introduction, Bernard D. Reams Jr.

Faculty Articles

Volume Two of Immigration and Nationality Law Review continues to represent a centralized annual forum for the paramount articles concerning American immigration laws. In addition to the law review articles selected by the editor for inclusion in this second volume, two original essays by practitioners in immigration law are featured. Mark Mancini examines excludability for lack of a valid labor certification as a species of fraud, and Dan P. Danilov reviews and discusses recent changes regarding nonimmigrant and immigrant visas for workers, businessmen, managers and investors. The Review’s goal remains that of providing the practicing lawyer and legal researcher with …