Nationality Law in the Western Hemisphere

Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Map of the Western Hemisphere PART I Nationality Law in the Western Hemisphere: Setting the Scene Chapter 1 1. General Introduction 2. Observations on Matters of Terminology and Definition in Nationality Law 3. On the Nationality Legislation of the Two Major Former Colonial Powers in the Western Hemisphere: Britain and Spain Chapter 2 Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories that Belong to Britain, France, the Netherlands, or the United States Chapter 3 Key Observations from the Nationality Law-related Case Law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Chapter 4 On Modes of Acquisition and Loss of Nationality: the European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship Typology PART II Grounds for Acquisition and Loss of Citizenship in the Independent Nation-States of the Western Hemisphere Chapter 5 Introduction to the Country Analyses 1. Antigua and Barbuda; 2. Argentina; 3. Bahamasl; 4. Barbados; 5. Belize; 6. Bolivia; 7. Brazil; 8. Canada; 9. Chile; 10. Colombia; 11. Costa Rica; 12. Cuba; 13. Dominica; 14. Dominican Republic; 15. Ecuador; 16. El Salvador; 17. Grenada; 18. Guatemala; 19. Guyana; 20. Haiti; 21. Honduras; 22. Jamaica; 23. Mexico; 24. Nicaragua; 25. Panama; 26. Paraguay; 27. Peru; 28. Saint Kitts and Nevis; 29. Saint Lucia; 30. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; 31. Surinam; 32. Trinidad and Tobago; 33. United States of America; 34. Uruguay; 35. Venezuela; Chapter 6 Comparative Conclusions by Individual Mode of Acquisition and Mode of Loss of Citizenship