Symbolisk handling eller faktisk skillnad? En kvalitativ innehållsanalys av domar gällande hur lagändringen lex Lilla hjärtat påverkat barns rättigheter vid upphörande av vård enligt 2 § LVU.
(2024) SOPB63 20241School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The legal case known as “Lilla hjärtat” became a widely discussed case in Sweden, where the debate about the best interest of the child was reborn. The case later led to the change in the law we know today as “lex Lilla hjärtat”. However, it has been revealed in new inspections that there are still faults regarding the child rights perspective in child protective work. The aim of the study was therefore to investigate whether the change in law has contributed to promoting children's rights regarding appeals against termination of care according to 2 § LVU. This essay was based on a qualitative, comparative, and thematic content analysis that has contributed to being able to compare court decisions before and after the change in law came... (More)
- The legal case known as “Lilla hjärtat” became a widely discussed case in Sweden, where the debate about the best interest of the child was reborn. The case later led to the change in the law we know today as “lex Lilla hjärtat”. However, it has been revealed in new inspections that there are still faults regarding the child rights perspective in child protective work. The aim of the study was therefore to investigate whether the change in law has contributed to promoting children's rights regarding appeals against termination of care according to 2 § LVU. This essay was based on a qualitative, comparative, and thematic content analysis that has contributed to being able to compare court decisions before and after the change in law came into force. The empirical data consisted of twelve judgments and was analyzed based on a social constructivist theory of science, and a children's perspective, with the child's best interest and the child's influence as central concepts. The result of the study showed that there were both similarities and differences in the judgments before and after lex Lilla hjärtat. The similarities were the basis for decisions, that the child's best interest was mentioned, and that the child's participation was not further developed. The differences were that the requirements were stricter for the compulsory care to end and that the child's best interest and participation appeared to a greater extent, but were not developed, in the judgements that came after the change in law. In summary, because some of the differences appeared partly on the same side of the change in law, and partly only covered single judgments after the change in law, it was not possible to say with certainty whether lex Lilla hjärtat has contributed sufficiently extensive differences to promote children's rights in the event of termination of care according to 2 § LVU. (Less)
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- author
- Andersson, Beatrice LU and Jellvi Svensson, Sofia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- children's rights, change in law, Lilla hjärtat, LVU
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9158612
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- 2024-06-17 10:51:23
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abstract = {{The legal case known as “Lilla hjärtat” became a widely discussed case in Sweden, where the debate about the best interest of the child was reborn. The case later led to the change in the law we know today as “lex Lilla hjärtat”. However, it has been revealed in new inspections that there are still faults regarding the child rights perspective in child protective work. The aim of the study was therefore to investigate whether the change in law has contributed to promoting children's rights regarding appeals against termination of care according to 2 § LVU. This essay was based on a qualitative, comparative, and thematic content analysis that has contributed to being able to compare court decisions before and after the change in law came into force. The empirical data consisted of twelve judgments and was analyzed based on a social constructivist theory of science, and a children's perspective, with the child's best interest and the child's influence as central concepts. The result of the study showed that there were both similarities and differences in the judgments before and after lex Lilla hjärtat. The similarities were the basis for decisions, that the child's best interest was mentioned, and that the child's participation was not further developed. The differences were that the requirements were stricter for the compulsory care to end and that the child's best interest and participation appeared to a greater extent, but were not developed, in the judgements that came after the change in law. In summary, because some of the differences appeared partly on the same side of the change in law, and partly only covered single judgments after the change in law, it was not possible to say with certainty whether lex Lilla hjärtat has contributed sufficiently extensive differences to promote children's rights in the event of termination of care according to 2 § LVU.}},
author = {{Andersson, Beatrice and Jellvi Svensson, Sofia}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Symbolisk handling eller faktisk skillnad? En kvalitativ innehållsanalys av domar gällande hur lagändringen lex Lilla hjärtat påverkat barns rättigheter vid upphörande av vård enligt 2 § LVU.}},
year = {{2024}},
}