Ja, nej eller kanske? - En undersökning av frivillighetsrekvisitet i 6 kap. 1 § Brottsbalken
(2020) LAGF03 20202Faculty of Law
Department of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Uppsatsens syfte är att ur ett rättssäkerhetsperspektiv undersöka frivillighetsrekvisitet i 6 kap. 1 § brottsbalken. Först genom att undersöka hur lagstiftaren be-skrivit rekvisitet i förarbetena och lagtexten för att sedan analysera hovrättsdomar som tillämpat det. Detta för att avgöra om kritiken gällande oförutsebarheten i lagstiftningen varit befogad.
Diskussionen om frivillighet kom på allvar upp på lagstiftningsnivå 2001 men först den 1 juli 2018 röstades en samtyckeslag igenom. I förarbetena ges vissa utgångspunkter som ska användas vid bedömningen av om frivillighet förelegat. I slutändan överlämnas dock till rättsskipningen att göra en egen bedömning i det enskilda fallet. Lagen möttes av kritik, bland annat lagstiftarens... (More) - Uppsatsens syfte är att ur ett rättssäkerhetsperspektiv undersöka frivillighetsrekvisitet i 6 kap. 1 § brottsbalken. Först genom att undersöka hur lagstiftaren be-skrivit rekvisitet i förarbetena och lagtexten för att sedan analysera hovrättsdomar som tillämpat det. Detta för att avgöra om kritiken gällande oförutsebarheten i lagstiftningen varit befogad.
Diskussionen om frivillighet kom på allvar upp på lagstiftningsnivå 2001 men först den 1 juli 2018 röstades en samtyckeslag igenom. I förarbetena ges vissa utgångspunkter som ska användas vid bedömningen av om frivillighet förelegat. I slutändan överlämnas dock till rättsskipningen att göra en egen bedömning i det enskilda fallet. Lagen möttes av kritik, bland annat lagstiftarens otydlighet i förar-betena är ett problem som har lyfts fram om den nya lagen.
Slutligen blir slutsatsen att den oförutsebarhet som frivillighetsrekvisitet inneburit inte är så stor att den är oacceptabel. Domarna som kommit gällande den nya lagstiftningen har varit förhållandevis samstämmiga. Det finns visserligen svagheter som leder till viss oförutsebarhet. Domarna i målen får den svåra uppgiften att göra en normativ bedömning inom ett område där det inte finns några rättsliga standarder på vad som ska anses som ett korrekt beteende eller inte. Ändock har domarna varit konsekventa och följt de riktlinjer som getts i förarbetena. Med beaktande av de fördelar lagstiftningen har inneburit, framförallt med hänseende på det utökade utrymmet för det sexuella självbestämmandet så har oförutsebarheten inte varit så stor att lagen inte skulle införas på grund av den. (Less) - Abstract
- The purpose of this thesis is to examine the requirement of consent in chapter 6 section 1 of the Swedish Criminal Code (brottsbalken, SFS 1962:700) from a legal security perspective. First by examining how the legislator described the requirement in the legislative history and in the text of the law and thereafter by analyzing court cases where the requirement has been applied. This is to decide if the criticism regarding the unpredictability of the legislation has been justified.
The discussion about the requirement of consent began more seriously in 2001
but not until the first of July 2018 the government voted for the so called “law of consent”. In the legislative history a few starting points are given in how the requirement should... (More) - The purpose of this thesis is to examine the requirement of consent in chapter 6 section 1 of the Swedish Criminal Code (brottsbalken, SFS 1962:700) from a legal security perspective. First by examining how the legislator described the requirement in the legislative history and in the text of the law and thereafter by analyzing court cases where the requirement has been applied. This is to decide if the criticism regarding the unpredictability of the legislation has been justified.
The discussion about the requirement of consent began more seriously in 2001
but not until the first of July 2018 the government voted for the so called “law of consent”. In the legislative history a few starting points are given in how the requirement should be used in the assessment of whether there has been a consent or not. However, in the end the legislator delegates to the adjudication to make an assessment in the individual case. The law was met with criticism. Among else, the legislator’s vagueness in the legislative history is one problem that has been highlighted.
Finally, the conclusion is that the unpredictability of the requirement of consent is not such a big problem that it is unacceptable. The court cases that are evaluating the new legislation have been comparatively congruous. There are some weaknesses that leads to some unpredictability. In the cases the judges have the hard task to do a normative assessment within an area without any legal standards of what that is a correct behavior. Yet the judges have been consistent and have followed those guidelines they were given in the legislative history. Considering those advantages the new law has meant, like the expanded focus on the sexual self-determination, the unpredictability has not been such a big issue that the law
should not have been adopted because of it. (Less)
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- author
- Augustinsson, Therese LU
- supervisor
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- Tova Bennet LU
- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20202
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Straffrätt, våldtäkt, frivillighet, frivillighetsrekvisit, samtyckeslag
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9034476
- date added to LUP
- 2021-02-09 11:54:16
- date last changed
- 2021-02-09 11:54:16
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abstract = {{The purpose of this thesis is to examine the requirement of consent in chapter 6 section 1 of the Swedish Criminal Code (brottsbalken, SFS 1962:700) from a legal security perspective. First by examining how the legislator described the requirement in the legislative history and in the text of the law and thereafter by analyzing court cases where the requirement has been applied. This is to decide if the criticism regarding the unpredictability of the legislation has been justified.
The discussion about the requirement of consent began more seriously in 2001
but not until the first of July 2018 the government voted for the so called “law of consent”. In the legislative history a few starting points are given in how the requirement should be used in the assessment of whether there has been a consent or not. However, in the end the legislator delegates to the adjudication to make an assessment in the individual case. The law was met with criticism. Among else, the legislator’s vagueness in the legislative history is one problem that has been highlighted.
Finally, the conclusion is that the unpredictability of the requirement of consent is not such a big problem that it is unacceptable. The court cases that are evaluating the new legislation have been comparatively congruous. There are some weaknesses that leads to some unpredictability. In the cases the judges have the hard task to do a normative assessment within an area without any legal standards of what that is a correct behavior. Yet the judges have been consistent and have followed those guidelines they were given in the legislative history. Considering those advantages the new law has meant, like the expanded focus on the sexual self-determination, the unpredictability has not been such a big issue that the law
should not have been adopted because of it.}},
author = {{Augustinsson, Therese}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Ja, nej eller kanske? - En undersökning av frivillighetsrekvisitet i 6 kap. 1 § Brottsbalken}},
year = {{2020}},
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