Acquisition and Loss of Nationality: Comparative Analyses - Policies and Trends in 15 European CountriesRainer Bauböck, Eva Ersbøll, Kees Groenendijk, Harald Waldrauch Acquisition and Loss of Nationality brings together a team of thirty researchers for an in-depth analysis of nationality laws in all fifteen pre-2004 member states of the European Union. Volume One presents detailed comparisons of the citizenship laws of all fifteen nations, while Volume Two contains individual studies of each country's laws. Together, the books are the most comprehensive available resource on the question of European nationality. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 15 |
Nationality in public international law andeuropean law | 35 |
Methodology for comparing acquisition andloss of nationality1 | 105 |
Acquisition of nationality | 121 |
Loss of nationality1 | 183 |
Administrative practices in the acquisition ofnationality1 | 221 |
Statistics on acquisition and loss of nationality | 269 |
European trends in nationality law | 317 |
Rights of expatriates multiple citizens andrestricted citizenship for certain nationals | 359 |
Denizens in the EU in the final years before theimplementation of the 2003 Directive on longtermresident third country nationals1 | 385 |
Why some states have almostcitizens1 | 411 |
Evaluation and recommendations | 431 |
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access to nationality acquire nationality acquisition and loss acquisition of nationality administrative ality applicants Austria authorities automatic Belgium cent Chapter concerning Council of Europe Court decision dence Denmark diplomatic protection discretion dual nationality duration emigrants entitled ethnic European Union ex lege expatriates facilitated Finland foreign nationality former nationals France Germany granted Greece Greek groups human rights immigrants integration international law Ireland Italy ius sanguinis ius soli language legislation loss of nationality Luxembourg marriage Member migrants modes of acquisition modes of loss multiple nationality nationality after birth nationality law naturalisation Netherlands NGOs obligations parents permanent residence policies political Portugal previous nationality principle procedure quasi-citizenship recognised refugees regulations relevant renounce renunciation resi residence abroad residence permit residence requirement residence-based respect restrictive rules Spain state’s stateless stateless persons statistics status Sweden target person territory third country nationals tion tionality Treaty trend Union citizens Union citizenship United Kingdom