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Apr 24, 2024
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LAW 2800 - Citizenship and Nationality Law
This course examines how political communities accept, reject and expel individual members as citizens, and how citizenship law defines and reflects national identity. The course considers how American citizenship is acquired at birth, and what requirements are imposed on naturalizing aliens. It also considers circumstances in which the government can deprive an individual of citizenship; the special problems of dual nationality; historical, racial and gender aspects of citizenship; and the constitutional status of aliens and the extent to which they can be legally disadvantaged, for instance, with respect to eligibility for welfare and other public benefits. The course also considers the meaning of state citizenship, and uses comparative and international perspectives to inform the study of U.S. citizenship law. An examination is required.
Credits: 2
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