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Strangers to the Constitution : immigrants, borders, and fundamental law /
Gerald Neuman discusses in historical and contemporary terms the repeated efforts of U.S. insiders to claim the Constitution as their exclusive property and to deny constitutional rights to aliens and immigrants - and even citizens if they are outside the nation's borders. Tracing such efforts...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©1996.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Whose Constitution?
- Ch. 2. The Open Borders Myth and the Lost Century of American Immigration Law
- Ch. 3. Constitutional Limits on Immigration Regulation in the First Century: Federalism Objections
- Ch. 4. The Rights of Alien Friends within the United States
- Ch. 5. The Geographical Scope of the Constitution
- Ch. 6. Rights beyond Our Borders
- Ch. 7. Crossing the Border
- Ch. 8. Limits of the Polity: Political Rights of Immigrants in the United States
- Ch. 9. Limits of the Nation: Birthright Citizenship and Undocumented Children
- Ch. 10. Conclusion.