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5 days ago · There were 215,706 grants of British citizenship in the year ending March 2024, 19% more than the year ending March 2023. There were 50,194 grants of citizenship to EU nationals, 13% more...
2 days ago · In 1948, the British Nationality Act was signed which allowed the access of the peoples of the British Empire's colonies to migrate to the country being classed in nationality as the same as a native of the United Kingdom. This law, while an unintentional side-effect, led to the start of modern immigration to the United Kingdom.
1 day ago · The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British Constitution.
3 days ago · International law is largely silent on the issue of nationality law with the exception of cases of dual nationality or where someone is claiming rights under refugee law but as, argued by the political theorist Hannah Arendt, human rights are often tied to someone's nationality.
6 days ago · England and Wales operate a common law system which combines the passing of legislation but also the creation of precedents through case law. The laws are established by the passing of legislation by Parliament which consists of the ‘Monarch’, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
- Kate Matthews
- 2010
4 days ago · English & UK legislation. Sources of full text. Finding aids. Local/Personal/Private acts. Bills. Royal Proclamations. At the beginning of English legal history royal enactments were issued under a variety of names: assizes, constitutions, provisions and charters etc as well as statuta/statutes.
4 days ago · Legal history: England & common law tradition: 1820-1914. Commentary and sources. Three volumes of the Oxford History of the Laws of England are now key introductions to this period. Their bibliographies & footnotes should be useful tools to begin wider searches of literature.
