In Bouvier’s “A law dictionary: adapted to the Constitution and laws of the United States” there isn’t even any reference or definition of the term “jus soli” aka birthright citizenship. Since this was the 1st widely used law dictionary FOR AMERICAN LAW, I would think we’d be able to find it. NO?
In Bouvier’s “A law dictionary: adapted to the Constitution and laws of the United States” there isn’t even any reference or definition of the term “jus soli” aka birthright citizenship. Since this was the 1st widely used law dictionary FOR AMERICAN LAW, I would think we’d be able to find it. NO?
It was the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 that established the principle of birthright citizenship or “jus soli” in the United States. That was 29 years after the first edition of Bouvier’s Law Dictionary. The 4th and final edition was being prepared when Bouvier died in 1851, still 17 years before the 14th Amendment institutionalized the concept of jus soli in the US Constitution.