Hur kommer barn till tals i domen?
(2005)School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The purpose of this essay was to see how the child's voice was being heard in the verdicts in trials. I looked into court cases where parents wanted custody of their child/children. The focus of my analysis was on how the verdicts were presented and if the child/children were described in the court cases. The method that I used was qualitative documentanalysis. I chose seven court cases to investigate and analyse.
I described theories of Foucault's power to get a different perspective on courtroom cases and the children's voice. I also explained the different aspects of power that are present in the courtroom.
The UN convention of the rights of the child has had a big impact on the court of law in Sweden. The question was how well the... (More) - The purpose of this essay was to see how the child's voice was being heard in the verdicts in trials. I looked into court cases where parents wanted custody of their child/children. The focus of my analysis was on how the verdicts were presented and if the child/children were described in the court cases. The method that I used was qualitative documentanalysis. I chose seven court cases to investigate and analyse.
I described theories of Foucault's power to get a different perspective on courtroom cases and the children's voice. I also explained the different aspects of power that are present in the courtroom.
The UN convention of the rights of the child has had a big impact on the court of law in Sweden. The question was how well the court interpreted the best of the child's interests? I studied the definition "the best interest of the child shall be a primary consideration" in the verdicts.
The summary showed that the definition had a tendency to be fuzzy in some cases. My conclusion was that the court of law failed in their attempt to mention the children in the verdicts. (Less)
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- author
- Duvald, Tony
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- children rights, verdicts, domar, barn, barnens rättigheter, barnkonventionen, vårdnad av barn, Juridical science, Rättsvetenskap, juridik, Sociology, Sociologi
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1330663
- date added to LUP
- 2005-06-03 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2005-06-03 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The purpose of this essay was to see how the child's voice was being heard in the verdicts in trials. I looked into court cases where parents wanted custody of their child/children. The focus of my analysis was on how the verdicts were presented and if the child/children were described in the court cases. The method that I used was qualitative documentanalysis. I chose seven court cases to investigate and analyse.
I described theories of Foucault's power to get a different perspective on courtroom cases and the children's voice. I also explained the different aspects of power that are present in the courtroom.
The UN convention of the rights of the child has had a big impact on the court of law in Sweden. The question was how well the court interpreted the best of the child's interests? I studied the definition "the best interest of the child shall be a primary consideration" in the verdicts.
The summary showed that the definition had a tendency to be fuzzy in some cases. My conclusion was that the court of law failed in their attempt to mention the children in the verdicts.}},
author = {{Duvald, Tony}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Hur kommer barn till tals i domen?}},
year = {{2005}},
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