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Conant, Lisa; Hofmann, Andreas; Soennecken, Dagmar; Vanhala, Lisa --- "Patrolling the boundaries of belonging? Courts, law and citizenship" [2019] ELECD 2343; in Sterett, M. Susan; Walker, D. Lee (eds), "Research Handbook on Law and Courts" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 336

Book Title: Research Handbook on Law and Courts

Editor(s): Sterett, M. Susan; Walker, D. Lee

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 24

Section Title: Patrolling the boundaries of belonging? Courts, law and citizenship

Author(s): Conant, Lisa; Hofmann, Andreas; Soennecken, Dagmar; Vanhala, Lisa

Number of pages: 15

Abstract/Description:

This chapter explores how courts and law have contributed to the evolution of citizenship. Theoretically, it draws on Christian Joppke’s distinctions between citizenship as status, rights, and identity as a means to analyse different facets of belonging within political communities. Substantively, it emphasizes the United States (US) and European Union (EU) as historical projects where law and courts were particularly important in constructing national and supranational citizenship, respectively. It also examines tensions evident in postnational memberships, such as the de facto partial citizenship of unauthorized immigrants and exclusion of many refugees from any citizenship.