Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-305).
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The blood-tie as socio-cultural 'item': ancestry feared and revered -- 3. The blood-tie: 'properly locked drawers' and a 'doomed quality' -- 4. Conceptualizing the "right" to avoid origin deprivation: international law and domestic implementation -- 5. Strasbourg jurisprudence: 'remembered relatedness' -- 6. Never knowing 'one's past': genetic ancestry vetoes as discrimination? -- 7. 'Related' matters in an open records region: relinquishment, contact and best interests -- 8. Blood-tie preservation as paramount: best interests of the child outweighed? -- 9. Guiding principles, hard cases -- 10. Conclusion: Preventing origin deprivation.
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