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The People in Question: Citizens and Constitutions in Uncertain Times by
Author(s) -
PRABHAT DEVYANI
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of law and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.263
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1467-6478
pISSN - 0263-323X
DOI - 10.1111/jols.12261
Subject(s) - adjudication , nationality , citizenship , scholarship , political science , law , human rights , sociology , law and economics , immigration , politics
Abstract In court judgements on nationality, it is common to find references to the constitutions and citizenship provisions of various countries. In addition, the influences of regional as well as global human rights legal instruments are often cited by lawyers in arguments and judges in their decisions. It is surprising, then, that academic scholarship on the topic is usually single‐country or single‐region specific in nature. In her new book The People in Question: Citizens and Constitutions in Uncertain Times , Jo Shaw decisively goes against this trend through critical engagement with a plethora of jurisdictions at various levels of national and international adjudication.