This Essay sketches the idea of creedal citizenship, where citizenship results from a person’s agreement with a set of principles that define the nation of citizenship. Some nations already include elements of creedal citizenship in their self-definitions, and the common practice of requiring some degree of civic knowledge as a predicate for naturalization reflects some ideas associated with creedal citizenship. But, in its pure form, creedal citizenship would disconnect citizenship from territory entirely, yet without moving to “world citizenship” or requiring open borders. Creedal citizenship is of course not a realistic policy option anywhere today, but exploring its conceptual contours may illuminate some areas of current controversy.
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Creedal Citizenship
Mark Tushnet1
1Harvard University, mtushnet@law.harvard.edu
Citation Information: Issues in Legal Scholarship. Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages –, ISSN (Online) 1539-8323, DOI: 10.2202/1539-8323.1127, October 2011
Publication History:
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- 2011-10-24
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