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  • Since it is far from definitive, an ivory tower debate has jogged along for decades over whether persons born outside any state (that is, not citizens iure soli at common law) might be ineligible for the Presidency.

    Stromata Blog: 2008

  • Since it is far from definitive, an ivory tower debate has jogged along for decades over whether persons born outside any state (that is, not citizens iure soli at common law) might be ineligible for the Presidency.

    Is Barack Really “Slick Barry”? 2008

  • Tskhinvali was ander effective control of Georgia before the Russian offencive making it de facto Georgian teritoty (not to mention the de iure recognition of it as Georgian teritory by Russia itself). and IN BELLO is another big subject to talk about.

    The Russia-Georgia war and the international law : Law is Cool 2008

  • The FEER article mentioned is interesting, apart from such minor details that the DPP was pursuing "separation" from China (it's been separated since 1895 as most people in this forum probably know) and "de facto independence" (can Mr Joffe not differentiate between "de facto" and "de iure"?)

    Daily Links, March 20, 2009 Michael Turton 2009

  • It next came to signify a group of persons joined by relationship, eventually undergoing division into familia proprio iure and familia communi iure, assimilated respectively to the much older notions of adgnatio and cognatio.

    Roman Legal Tradition: Three New Articles Dan Ernst 2008

  • It next came to signify a group of persons joined by relationship, eventually undergoing division into familia proprio iure and familia communi iure, assimilated respectively to the much older notions of adgnatio and cognatio.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008

  • An English text of the "1992 Consensus" that was published in Beijing Review a few years ago only stated that the Taiwanese "authorities" would undertake never to assert 'de iure' independence, which - to an English lawyer, anyway - implies a tacit acknowledgement that they already have and have always had de facto independence.

    Lung Yingtai Waves About Meaningless Statistics, Declares Sovereignty of Sealand 2007

  • The People's Republic's claim to de iure sovereignty is tenuous, at best ludicrous and desperate in some of the arguments the CCP seeks to rely on.

    Lung Yingtai Waves About Meaningless Statistics, Declares Sovereignty of Sealand 2007

  • The last two lines of the second verse stated that the Father had entrusted to Christ, as His right, "absolute dominion over the peoples" Cui iure sceptrum gentium Pater supremum credidit.

    The Reign of Christ the King 2007

  • Most lawyers, I think, indeed, most people would accept the need for restrictions on any "right of self-determination" for territories which are both de iure and de facto under the control of a larger nation state.

    Lung Yingtai Waves About Meaningless Statistics, Declares Sovereignty of Sealand 2007

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