Why Resident Aliens Struck a Chord

1995 ◽  
pp. 51-64
Author(s):  
Will Willimon
Keyword(s):  
Resident Aliens

Associations, Christ groups, and their place in the Polis

2017 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Kloppenborg
Keyword(s):  
Social Structures ◽  
Democratic Values ◽  
Resident Aliens ◽  
The City ◽  
Civic Institutions

Abstract:Early Christ groups, like Greek and Roman associations, engaged in mimicry of various civic institutions, and for similar reasons: to facilitate the integration of sub-altern groups into civic structures; to create “communities of honour” in which virtue was recognized and rewarded; and to produce small social structures in which the democratic values of autonomy could be performed. While mimicking civic structures, early Christ groups also displayed in varying ways ambivalence toward the city, either declaring themselves to be “resident aliens” or claiming to belong to a different polity.

The Influence of Legal Status on the Labor Market Impact of Immigration

1985 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Undocumented Workers ◽  
Total Size ◽  
Wage Rates ◽  
The Status ◽  
Market Wage ◽  
Resident Aliens

This article explores the labor market changes that would take place as a result of an amnesty that would regularize the status of undocumented workers without changing the total size of the alien workforce. The theoretical analysis suggests that the influence of legal status on market wage rates and on minimum wage enforcement is weak and that to the extent that there is an effect, it depends on particular institutional arrangements. Although data are not adequate for a definite measurement of these effects, those data that are available support this conclusion. It does appear that the presence of undocumented as opposed to resident aliens can weaken union organizing efforts.

The Jerusalem Decrees (Acts 15.20, 29 and 21.25) and the Incident at Antioch (Gal 2.11–14)

2001 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUSTIN TAYLOR
Keyword(s):  
The Status ◽  
Resident Aliens

The ‘Jerusalem decrees’ of Acts 15.20, 29 and 21.25 can be interpreted both as ‘Noachide commandments’, implicitly keeping the separation between Jews and Gentiles, and as analogous to the decrees for resident aliens in Lev 17–18 and elsewhere, implicitly allowing Gentiles to associate with Jews under certain conditions. What is at stake is the status to be assigned to Gentiles by the community of Jewish believers in Jesus. These interpretations correspond to the attitudes towards Gentile believers at Antioch manifested, according to Gal 2.11–14, respectively by James and by Cephas.

The Decline of Barriers to Immigrant Economic and Political Rights in the American States: 1977–2001

2003 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis F. B. Plascencia ◽  
Gary P. Freeman ◽  
Mark Setzler
Keyword(s):  
Federal Court ◽  
Political Community ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Immigrant Settlement ◽  
Resident Aliens ◽  
Attorneys General ◽  
Political Communities ◽  
Advisory Opinions ◽  
State Legislative

State governments exercise significant powers to regulate the economic and social activities of resident aliens. We review the laws of the six leading states of immigrant settlement regulating access of noncitizens to 23 occupations, updating existing studies from 1946–77. Citizenship requirements for these occupations have plummeted, a change we attribute to federal court decisions, advisory opinions of state attorneys general, and state legislative and administrative action. There are numerous additional citizenship requirements in the statutes of the six states, although these appear to be poorly enforced. The authority of states to regulate their political communities is the most important remaining constitutionally valid basis of citizenship requirements. States define their political community broadly, leading to questionable exclusions of noncitizens from important activities.

Social Justice

2019 ◽  
pp. 18-34
Author(s):  
Roy E. Gane
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Social Power ◽  
World View ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Biblical Law ◽  
Fair Representation ◽  
Distribution Of Resources ◽  
Resident Aliens

This chapter surveys biblical laws relevant to social power and the distribution of resources and addresses challenges of assessing the legislation and finding potential for the application of its principles within the modern world. The goal of social justice in biblical law is not to overturn the existing social order but to preserve pre-existing privileges of individuals within their respective socioeconomic statuses. Thus, laws protect and aid persons who are socially, legally, and/or economically vulnerable (e.g. poor, widows, fatherless, and resident aliens), and remedy problems of those who are already suffering from loss of their status (e.g. debt slaves). Biblical law fosters a society in which people enjoy fair representation and have access to resources with which to independently support themselves. Social justice is based on ethical values that must be taught, encouraged, and accepted as part of the collective world view; it is not enough to legislate and enforce them.

Religious Information on Identity Cards: A Turkish Debate

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 579-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selin Esen ◽  
Levent Gonenç
Keyword(s):  
National Registry ◽  
Religious Liberty ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Population Register ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
National Register ◽  
National Assembly ◽  
Resident Aliens ◽  
Identity Cards

In 2006, the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) made a notable departure from historical precedent when it replaced the Population Register Law of 1972. The 1972 law, in Article 43, required that the national registry records on all households in Turkey contain the religion of all family members unless, under Article 46, an individual or family went to court to make a revision in these records. This was the legal basis of the inclusion of religious information on Turkish identity cards, issued in accordance with the information in family registers. Article 35 of The Population Services Law of 2006 now provides: “Requests about the religious information in household registers shall be approved, modified, left blank or deleted, in accordance with the written application of the concerned person.”We shall argue, in this paper that Article 35 of the Population Services Law of 2006 is unconstitutional just like Article 43 of the Population Register Law of 1972 was, and that information about individuals' religions should be deleted from both the national register and individuals' identity (ID) cards. The inclusion of religious information in the identity cards of citizens or resident aliens, who apply for Turkish citizenship, violates the religious liberty in Turkey, particularly under a “neutrality” conception of that right. We shall review the jurisprudence of the Turkish Constitutional Court concerning ID cards in the light of the negative and positive aspects of religious liberty, focus on the different meanings of neutrality such as “formal neutrality,” “substantive neutrality,” “aim neutrality,” “justification neutrality” and “consequences neutrality.” Before we evaluate this practice under neutrality theory, however, it would be appropriate to begin with a historical narrative about the origin of religious notations on Turkish identity cards, and explain the content and the meaning of the new law.

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