THE HISTORICAL PATH TOWARDS CITIZENSHIP- IMMIGRANTS NATURALIZATION IN ROMANIA AND FRANCE
Accepted
29 March 2026
Available Online
15 March 2019
Abstract
A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE IN THE TRAJECTORY OF IMMIGRATION IS THE ACT OF ESTABLISHING A MORAL AND LEGAL BOND OF THE INDIVIDUAL WITH HIS NEW SOCIETY, THROUGH THE PROCESS OF NATURALIZATION. THIS PAPER AIMS TO IDENTIFY AND ANALYZE TWO PARTICULAR NATIONALITY LEGISLATION MODELS OF TWO HISTORICALLY DIFFERENT, YET SIMILAR CULTURAL SPHERES: ROMANIA AND FRANCE. SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE IS GIVEN TO THE CULTURAL MEANING OF THE TRADITIONAL EUROPEAN LEGAL PRINCIPLE OF “JUS SANGUINIS”, OPPOSED TO THE AMERICAN BIRTHRIG HT CITIZENSHIP (“JUS SOLI”), PARTLY PRESENT IN THE FRENCH LEGISLATION CONCERNING CITIZENSHIP. ALONG WITH THE HISTORICAL TRENDS, THE OUTCOME OF THE LEGISLATION’S EVOLUTION WILL BE PRESENTED FROM A LEGAL POINT OF VIEW, WITH REFERENCES TO THEORETICAL MODELS A ND JURISTIC OPINIONS. THE ROLE OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO DETAIL THE CULTURAL PECULIARITIES THAT SHAPED THE ROMANIAN AND FRENCH NATIONALITY LAWS AND ALSO DEMONSTRATE THEIR INTERCONNECTEDNESS AS PART OF A UNIFIED EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL NATIONALITY TRADITION.
Keywords
CITIZENSHIP
NATURALIZATION
IMMIGRATION
ROMANIA
FRANCE
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