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Japan court rejects law denying citizenship to illegitimate children of foreign mothers

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Japan [official website] Wednesday struck down a law denying Japanese citizenship to children born out of wedlock to Japanese fathers and foreign mothers. The Court found that Article 3 of the Nationality Law, which restricts citizenship based on the parents' marital status, violated equal protection guarantees in Article 14 of the Japanese Constitution [text]. The

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on June 04, 2008 (boomark / email).

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