CHAPTER 6 Flashcards
— is a term denoting MEMBERSHIP of a CITIZEN IN A POLITICAL SOCIETY, which membership implies, reciprocally, a
duty of allegiance on the part of the member and duty of protection on the part of the State.
CITIZENSHIP
is a PERSON having the TITLE OF CITIZENSHIP. He is the MEMBER of a DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY who enjoy full civil and political rights, and is accorded protection inside and outside the territory of the State
CITIZEN
A CITIZEN in MONARCHIAL STATE, He is often called ___________
SUBJECT
a CITIZEN OF A COUNTRY who is RESIDING in or PASSING THROUGH ANOTHER COUNTRY
ALIEN
An alien is a citizen of a country who is residing in or passing through another country. He is a popularly called __________
FOREIGNER
He is NOT GIVEN THE FULL RIGHTS to CITIZENSHIP but is entitled to receive protection as to his person or property
ALIEN OR FOREIGNER
GENERAL WAYS OF ACQUIRING CITIZENSHIP:
- INVOLUNTARY METHOD
- VOLUNTARY METHOD
— by BIRTH, because of blood relationship or PLACE OF BIRTH
INVOLUNTARY METHOD
by NATURALIZATION, except in case of collective naturalization of the inhabitants of a territory which
takes place when it is ceded by ONE STATE TO ANOTHER as a result of a conquest or treaty,
VOLUNTARY METHOD
WHAT ARE THE MODES IN ACQUIRING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP?
- FILIPINO BY BIRTH / NATURAL BORN FILIPINO
- FILIPINO BY NATURALIZATION / NATURALIZED CITIZEN
Under Filipino By Birth / Natural Born Filipino what are the two?
- JUS SOLI (RIGHT OF SOIL)
- JUS SANGUINIS (RIGHT OF BLOOD)
which is the legal principle that a PERSON’S NATIONALITY at birth is DETERMINED BY THE PLACE OF BIRTH
(e.g. the territory of a given state)
JUS SOLI (RIGHT OF SOIL)
which is the legal principle that, at birth, an INDIVIDUAL ACQUIRES the NATIONALITY of his/ her NATURAL PARENT/s. The PHILIPPINE ADHERES TO THIS PRINCIPLE.
JUS SANGUINIS (RIGHT OF BLOOD)
which is the JUDICIAL ACT OF ADOPTING A FOREIGNER and clothing him with the PRIVILEGES of a NATIVE-BORN CITIZEN. It implies the RENUNCIATION OF A FORMER NATIONALITY and the fact of entrance into a similar relation towards a new body.
FILIPINO BY NATURALIZATION / NATURALIZED CITIZEN
is the ACT OF FORMALLY ADOPTING a FOREIGNER into the political body of the state and clothing him with the
rights and privilege of citizenship. It implies the renunciation of a former nationality and the fact of entrance to a similar relation towards a new body politic.
NATURALIZATION
