This article explores Danish and Norwegian regulations of adoption without parental consent as a social initiative considering judgements from ECtHR, primarily involving Norway. As the countries are quite similar, Norwegian and Danish legislation are compared. The comparative analysis shows that in non-consensual adoption cases, the understanding of the concept of the best interests of the child seems to differ between the ECtHR on the one hand and Denmark and Norway on the other hand. It is argued that the social welfare system in the Nordic countries is matched by a Nordic view of children and the Court's approach impedes the ongoing development of the child as an independent bearer of rights in Nordic law.

Debatten om den grundlovssikrede ret til forsørgelse, udspringer til dels af nyere tids udvikling inden for socialretten. Da der i dag sættes betingelser for ydelsen af hjælp i form af aktivering eller åbenstående jobtilbud, har det været diskuteret, hvorvidt og hvor længe den enkelte kan stå uden forsørgelseshjælp, hvis denne ikke opfylder disse betingelser. Grundlovens terminologi 'ret til forsørgelse' stiller det spørgsmål, hvilke krav, der kan stilles til den ydelse, som det offentlige stiller til rådighed som et led i forsørgelsesretten.

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