For Purposes of International Law, There are Two Citizens in the Country of the United States

16 Pages Posted: 29 Apr 2012

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Dan Goodman

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Date Written: April 26, 2012

Abstract

William Bennett Munro, Professor of Municipal Government at Harvard University, in his work "The Government of the United States: National, State, and Local" (1919) writes at page 73: “So far as the rules of international law are concerned, only one citizenship is recognized [from the United States], namely, citizenship of the United States.”

This is incorrect. This paper shows that there are two citizens, not one, in the country of the United States, under the Constitution of the United States of America. Legal authority quoted, cited and linked.

Keywords: international law, citizen of the United States, citizen of a State, citizen of the several States, privileges and immunities, resides, bona fide residence, actual residence, domicil, domicile, Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment, Article IV Section 2 Clause 1, marriage, nationality

JEL Classification: H10, H11, K19, M49

Suggested Citation

Goodman, Dan, For Purposes of International Law, There are Two Citizens in the Country of the United States (April 26, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2047124 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2047124

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