“There are some things that money can't buy.” Is citizenship among them? In her contribution to the Oxford Handbook of Citizenship, Professor Shachar explores this question by highlighting the core legal and ethical puzzles associated with the surge in cash-for-passport programs. The spread...

Much has been written about the global convergence on constitutional supremacy, and the corresponding rise of an apparently universal constitutional discourse, primarily visible in the context of rights. In this paper, we examine the global constitutional homogeneity claim with respect to...

Over the last few decades, the traditional Nordic reluctance vis-à-vis judicial review has come under attack. A unique combination of constitutional continuity and change has emerged. It makes the Nordic countries an ideal setting for assessing some of the core insights of canonical...

This Article identifies a fundamental tension between the competing visions of “a nation of laws” and that of “a nation of immigrants.” It then proposes a way out of this stalemate by setting out a new framework that emphasizes the importance of rootedness as a basis for legal title. The...

Contributing to the growing literature on globalization and migration, this article identifies the new phenomenon of the shifting border of immigration regulation, which has turned the U.S. border into a moving barrier - a legal construct no longer affixed to territorial benchmarks. Charting the...

The United States has long been the ultimate IQ magnet for highly skilled migrants. But this trend has changed dramatically in recent years. Today, the United States is no longer the sole - nor the most sophisticated - national player engaged in recruiting the best and brightest worldwide. Other...

Altneuland: The European Constitutional Terrain It is in many respects a New Land - for the first time the Union is openly, officially using the word Constitution in its formal self-understanding. But this, in turn, places it, at least lexically, in the age old terrain of constitutionalism which...