Author(s): Mutaz M. Qafisheh
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 269
CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 12
FOREWORD......Page 14
Nationality: a definition......Page 16
Basic assumption......Page 18
Objectives......Page 19
Scope......Page 21
Gap in existing studies......Page 25
Sources......Page 35
Division......Page 36
A short history......Page 40
Ottoman Nationality Law, 1869......Page 41
Ottoman passports......Page 53
Influence of Ottoman nationality in Palestine......Page 55
Concluding remarks......Page 58
Regional context......Page 60
Nationality in Palestine under the British occupation, 1917–1922......Page 66
Nationality after the Palestine Mandate, 1922–1924......Page 73
Palestinian nationality after the Treaty of Lausanne, 1924–1925......Page 82
Background......Page 90
Legal value......Page 94
Motives......Page 98
From Ottoman subjects into Palestinian citizens......Page 102
Original inhabitants of Palestine residing abroad......Page 110
Natural-born Palestinians......Page 124
Technical aspects......Page 128
Practical effects......Page 138
Overview......Page 146
By any Palestinian: naturalization abroad......Page 147
By naturalized citizens: revocation as punishment......Page 149
By marriage......Page 151
Declaration of alienage by minors......Page 153
Recognition of Palestinian nationality by states......Page 156
Palestinian passports......Page 161
Protection of Palestinian citizens abroad......Page 168
General......Page 174
Travellers......Page 176
Immigrants......Page 181
Note on the admission of Palestinian citizens......Page 188
The Hague Conference......Page 192
Procedure......Page 194
Substance......Page 199
On-going validity?......Page 207
Law versus reality......Page 210
Nationality in the post-mandated Palestine: the principle......Page 214
Special provisions......Page 216
Evaluation......Page 220
CONCLUSION......Page 224
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 234
INDEX......Page 260
