Law and the Citizen.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Editorial Board -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1-Constituting Citizenship - The Evolution of Australian Citizenship Law -- Introduction -- An Historical Overview -- Home, Community and Exclusion -- Mystical Forces Change the Historical Status -- A Period of Unsettled Law -- Legislative Dominance in the Field of Membership -- Ascription of Status Avoids Any Substantive Assessment of Membership -- Cracks in the Formal Veneer of Membership -- Democratic Self-Constitution, Constitutional Limits and Legal Lacunae -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2-Discovering Yourself a Stranger -- "One Senses a Rift that Never Fully Healed …" -- "We Had to Make Private Oral Agreements because Orientals were Not Allowed to Lease Land …" -- "I Was an American by Birthright …" -- "Awakening to a Nightmare" -- References -- Chapter 3-Denying Citizenship: Immigration Enforcement and Citizenship Rights in the United States -- Introduction -- Background -- Citizenship and Enforcement -- Existing Research -- Typology of Citizenship Denials -- An Empirical Overview of Citizenship Denials -- Denial of Naturalization Applications -- Denaturalizations -- Deportation of Immigrant Parents with US Citizen Children -- Unlawful Detention or Deportation of US Citizens -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4-Citizenship, Democracy, and the Transformation of Public Law -- Introduction -- Citizenship and the Foundations of National Public Law -- Public Law and the Rise of the Modern Army -- Administrative Law and War -- Constitutional Law and War -- Conflicting Citizenship Practices -- Citizenship After Civil War: Toward Demilitarization -- Demilitarized Citizenship and Public Law -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5-All the Border's a Stage: Humanitarian Aid as Expressive Dissent.

Introduction -- I. The Government's Border Strategy and Siege Narrative -- B. The Instrumentality of the Siege Narrative -- II. Citizen Dissent and Construction of Counternarrative at the Border -- A. The Expressive Value of Citizen Dissent at the Border -- III. Government Suppression of NMD's Expressive Conduct Raises Constitutional Concerns -- B. Humanitarian Aid as Protected Speech -- Conclusion -- References.

This volume brings together an international and interdisciplinary array of scholars to explore issues around citizenship and law. With chapters on different elements of the relationship between law and citizenship, the volume makes a key contribution to the field and is essential reading for legal scholars.

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