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

• Main Author: Diver, Alice (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Human rights.; Childhood.; Adolescence.; Social groups.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Human Rights.; Family.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Childhood, Adolescence and Society.

This text collates and examines the jurisprudence that currently exists in respect of blood-tied genetic connection, arguing that the right to identity often rests upon the ability to identify biological ancestors, which in turn requires an absence of adult-centric veto norms. It looks firstly to th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Blood-tie as Socio-cultural 'Item': Ancestry Feared and Revered
• The Blood-tie: 'Properly Locked Drawers' and a 'Doomed Quality'
• Conceptualizing the "Right" to Avoid Origin Deprivation: International Law and Domestic Implementation
• Strasbourg Jurisprudence: 'Remembered Relatedness'
• Never Knowing 'One's Past': Genetic Ancestry Vetoes as Discrimination?
• 'Related' Matters in an Open Records Region: Relinquishment, Contact and Best Interests
• Blood-tie Preservation as Paramount: Best Interests of Child Outweighed?
• Guiding Principles, Hard Cases
• Conclusion: Preventing Origin Deprivation.