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Lectures delivered on the Stevenson foundation, in the University of Glasgow, during the spring and autumn of 1922.- ; Bibliography: p. [223]-227. ; Bibliography: p.[223]-227. ; The statement of the problem -- Other ideals of conduct -- Liberty, equality and fraternity -- The state as means -- The state as end-- The state as personality -- Citizenship and empire -- Internationalism and cosmopolitanism -- Education in citizenship -- De civitate Dei ; Mode of access: Internet.

The law of citizenship did not escape the general chaos into which the existing laws of Russia fell upon the accession of the Bolsheviks to power on November 7, 1917. Consequently it has not been easy to determine thestatus of citizens of the former Russian régime under the new government, especially of those residing abroad, voluntarily or by compulsion. It has only been gradually that any degree of certainty has come into the law, the first decree purporting to cover the question of citizenship in a comprehensive fashion not having been enacted until October 29, 1924. Even today one who essays to state with certainty what the Soviet law of citizenship is with respect to any given case needs to tread warily. After a comprehensive study of that law and its application, one is impressed with the fact that not all its provisions can be taken literally in all cases.

"Would the extension of suffrage to women raise the standard of Christian citizenship? If so, should not our clergy and the church give their support to this reform movement?" ; Title from cover. ; Mode of access: Internet.