A Law of Blood-ties - The 'Right' to Access Genetic Ancestry

1. Introduction
Alice Diver

2. The Blood-Tie as Socio-Cultural ‘Item’: Ancestry Feared and Revered
Alice Diver

3. The Blood-Tie: ‘Properly Locked Drawers’ and a ‘Doomed Quality’
Alice Diver

4. Conceptualizing the “Right” to Avoid Origin Deprivation: International Law and Domestic Implementation
Alice Diver

5. Strasbourg Jurisprudence: ‘Remembered Relatedness’
Alice Diver

6. Never Knowing ‘One’s Past’: Genetic Ancestry Vetoes as Discrimination?
Alice Diver

7. ‘Related’ Matters in an Open Records Region: Relinquishment, Contact and Best Interests
Alice Diver

8. Blood-Tie Preservation as Paramount: Best Interests of the Child Outweighed?
Alice Diver

9. Guiding Principles, Hard Cases
Alice Diver

10. Conclusion: Preventing Origin Deprivation
Alice Diver

Keywords: Law, Human Rights, Family, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law, Childhood, Adolescence and Society