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French nationality law is historically based on the principles of jus soli (Latin for "right of soil") and jus sanguinis, [1] according to Ernest Renan's definition, in opposition to the German definition of nationality, jus sanguinis (Latin for "right of blood"), formalised by Johann Gottlieb Fichte.
18 sty 2010 · Weil's book is both a minutely detailed account of French nationality law (relying on previously unused material) and a more comparative discussion of conceptions of the nation and nationality law in Europe and North America, as well as a consideration of the effects of such laws.
His book, a systematic account of the evolution of nationality law in France since the late eighteenth century, clears up several persistent misunderstandings that pop up in contemporary debates about citizenship in Europe.
How to Be French is a magisterial history of French nationality law from 1789 to the present, written by Patrick Weil, one of France’s foremost historians. First published in France in 2002, it is filled with captivating human dramas, with legal professionals, and with statesmen including La Fayette, Napoleon, Clemenceau, de Gaulle, and Chirac.
16 mar 2016 · The constitutional bill clarifies that the legislator has the competence to regulate nationality law, including deprivation of nationality and that any French national can be subject to a citizenship deprivation measure, irrespective of how she acquired nationality.
French nationality law as it currently exists was essentially estab-lished by 1889. Since then French legislation has been a mixture of ius soli and ius sanguinis. Ius sanguinis was a modern tradition invented by France, and it diffused across continental Europe during the nine-teenth century.
However, French nationality law is caught up in a certain narrative running from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries and based on the idea of the nation being inclusive in character. The present contribution sets out to question this idea. France is said to be a terre d’accueil for immigrants, a country that facilitates their integration
