Balancing a Child's Best Interests and a Child's Views
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We consider the problem of reconciling the two commitments to hear a child and to promote a child's best interests by identifying the principal issues at stake and illustrating them by reference to legal decision-making in the domains of health in the United Kingdom and custody and child protection in Norway. We agree that a child's views are not authoritative but dispute Harry Brighouse's claim that they are only of consultative value, affirming the fundamental right of a child capable of expressing a view of doing so and of thereby participating in the procedures where decisions affecting his or her interests are made. In conclusion we offer a checklist of questions that need to be asked about the way in which jurisdictions combine their explicit commitments to the two principles of best interests and hearing the child's views.
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Balancing a Child's Best Interests and a Child's Views
In: The International Journal of Children's RightsSearch for other papers by David Archard in
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Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Marit Skivenes in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Abstract
We consider the problem of reconciling the two commitments to hear a child and to promote a child's best interests by identifying the principal issues at stake and illustrating them by reference to legal decision-making in the domains of health in the United Kingdom and custody and child protection in Norway. We agree that a child's views are not authoritative but dispute Harry Brighouse's claim that they are only of consultative value, affirming the fundamental right of a child capable of expressing a view of doing so and of thereby participating in the procedures where decisions affecting his or her interests are made. In conclusion we offer a checklist of questions that need to be asked about the way in which jurisdictions combine their explicit commitments to the two principles of best interests and hearing the child's views.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 4540 | 1341 | 145 |
| Full Text Views | 1997 | 391 | 25 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 3727 | 784 | 38 |