Between the Letter and Spirit of the Law: Ethnic Chinese and Philippine Citizenship by Jus Soli, 1899-1947

• Main Author: Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2011
• Subjects: citizenship; racism; nationalism; U. S. imperialism; Chinese mestizos In; Race and Ethnicity; Sociology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/25; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=history-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Through an examination of archival materials and decisions of the Philippine Supreme Court, this article documents and analyzes the history of citizenship laws and jurisprudence in the Philippines from the close of the nineteenth century to the immediate postwar period. It demonstrates that the arti...