British nationality law

Multiple citizenship, also called dual citizenship or multiple nationality, is a person's citizenship status, in which a person is concurrently regarded as a citizen of more than one state under the laws of those states. There is no international convention which determines the nationality or citizen status of a person, which is defined exclusively by national laws, which vary and can be inconsistent with each other. Multiple citizenship arises because different countries use different, and not…

Citizenship, with its attendant rights and duties has been an ever constant in human society since the earliest ideas of democracy and the rights of mankind were recorded in the Greek city-states of antiquity. As human society has evolved with the passing of the centuries so too has our perspective on citizenship, into what we now recognise as our modern interpretation of the expectations and rights of the citizen within the nation or state to which they belong. “Citizenship refers not only to a…

it was speaking to the common man in a language they understood, during a time where the Battles of Lexington and Concord had already occurred. It served to persuade the undecided average citizen, who initially only wanted equal rights with the British, that they needed to fight for independence. Paine contributed all the money from its sell to Washington’s Continental Army. Paine wrote of England being an island trying to run a continent from a thousand miles away. He stated…

explores the subjects of institutional racism, the subconscious racist nature of the English language and the stains that the time of imperialism has left on the British mentality. To gather Rushdie’s main thesis, one need only to look at the title: “The New Empire within Britain”. Rushdie states: “It sometimes seems that the British authorities, no longer capable of exporting governments, have chosen instead to import a new empire, a new community of subject peoples to whom they think, and with…

America because of the wondrous opportunities available. As America kept developing, an exodus amount of immigrants migrated over to America and assisted during the Gold Rush in 1849. Following the Gold Rush, America enforced stricter immigration laws causing people to become irritated with the justice system involving the citizenship status of individuals. Usually you have to be living in America for a certain amount of years before you are allowed to be granted citizenship but there have…

1) What legal arguments can be made to show that the British Anti-Terrorism Act was unjust? Explain using examples from the film and legal concepts and theories. The British Anti- Terrorism Act of 2000 was the first act against terrorism. The act allowed the police to hold individuals, who are suspected terrorists in custody for 7 days without unreasonable evidence. The act also gave police the right to stop and search individuals without any probable cause. Under section 43 and 44 it states,…

introducing the western, civilized way of life. This was seen through language, religion, respectability, family life, etc. However, as the British cause penetrated the lives of the indigenous African peoples, and as the missionaries interacted more with their African natives, the individual perspectives of the missionaries began to contradict how the British went about in colonizing the Africans. Many foreign…

their rights were violated by the British.…

legacy in the process. Years before, and during the creation of Pakistan, India was ruled by the British and Indians hated the way the British ruled their country. Some in India, such as Mohandas Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah helped India and Pakistan separate from the British Empire. They tried for years before they made it happen.…

by nationalizing the Suez Canal on July 26, 1959 Egypt declared its pact with britain void. Pact allowed britain to send troops back to Egypt in case of an armed attack on Egypt, Turkey, or any Arab state, allowed Egypt to take over canal without british threat In addition, a nationalist movement arose in…