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Jurisdiction In Nineteenth Century International Law And Its Meaning In The Citizenship Clause Of The Fourteenth Amendment, Robert E. Mensel
Jurisdiction In Nineteenth Century International Law And Its Meaning In The Citizenship Clause Of The Fourteenth Amendment, Robert E. Mensel
Saint Louis University Public Law Review
This article addresses the meaning of the citizenship clauses of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment by augmenting the historical record relevant to those clauses. It argues that the key to understanding their meaning lies in the nineteenth century concept of allegiance, the central concept in the international law of citizenship and subjecthood in the nineteenth century. International law, diplomatic history, and international conflict centered around that concept, reveal complexities not fully explored in the previous scholarly literature on the citizenship clauses. Conflicting national claims to the allegiance of subjects and citizens and to the duties …
Where Forum Non Conveniens And Preemptive Jurisdiction Collide: An Analytical Look At Latin American Preemptive Jurisdiction Laws In The United States, Jennifer L. Woulfe
Where Forum Non Conveniens And Preemptive Jurisdiction Collide: An Analytical Look At Latin American Preemptive Jurisdiction Laws In The United States, Jennifer L. Woulfe
Saint Louis University Public Law Review
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