El ius soli y el
ius sanguinis, que antes eran meros elementos de sujecion, a partir de la Revolucion Francesa, adquieren una trascendencia decisiva y se atribuyen al hombre-ciudadano.
Peut-etre ce meme modele ouvre-t-il la possibilite de se degager de la tension courante entre deux conceptions de la citoyennete qui, traduites dans les archetypes francais et allemand, font reposer celle-ci respectivement "sur ius solis (le droit du sol) [et] sur
ius sanguinis" (p.
Originally, all States which provided for an acquisition of nationality iure sanguinis nearly exclusively applied
ius sanguinis a patre (in the paternal line); only in exceptional circumstances
ius sanguinis a matre (the maternal line) was relevant (e.g.
Insistence on
ius sanguinis in identifying citizenship eligibility means that generations of immigrant descendants, eligible for citizenship according to ius soli, are uprooted from their countries of origin and marginalized in the societies where they were born.
He notes, for example, what is obvious but rarely appreciated: The
ius sanguinis citizenship tradition is not a bizarre German idiosyncrasy but is, in fact, standard practice in continental Europe.