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Unit 20 Death and the Law

Unit 20 Death and the Law. What do following pictures make you think of ?. R.I.P. is an abbreviation for requiescat in pace (Latin, translates to English as : “rest in peace”). Learning outcomes of the Unit 19. Students will be able to:

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Unit 20 Death and the Law

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  1. Unit 20Death and the Law

  2. What do followingpicturesmakeyouthinkof?

  3. R.I.P. is an abbreviation for requiescat in pace (Latin, translates to English as: “rest in peace”).

  4. LearningoutcomesoftheUnit 19 • Students will be able to: • to define phenomena in which death and law are closely connected (e.g. suicide, abortion, euthanasia, death penalty) • translate into Croatian key expressions related to the topic • report about abortion issue in Croatia • conduct further research into the topics mentioned under point 1. (e.g. positionofthe EU on deathpenalty)

  5. Readthetextanddecidewhichsubtitlesumsupwhichparagraph (twosubtitles are toomuch) 1. Theborder line betweenrightandwrong 2. Examplesused to argue for euthanasia 3. The power to decideabout life anddeath 4. Punishingmurderbycommiting a new one 5. Attitude to suicide at differenttimes 6. Helping a person to diegives rise to muchcontroversy 7. Moral and legal aspectsofending a pregnancyinanunnaturalway. 8. Thesecretborder line between life anddeath

  6. Expressions from the Unit 20 • to bechargedwith (murder / criminaloffence...) • thelawonabortion / capital punishmenthaschanged • to take one’s own stand • to execute a murderer (execution) • thepressure for theabolitonofhanging • to have influence on publicattitudes / person’s behaviour • atthetrial • to commitmurder / suicide / crime

  7. Expressions – part II • a free / liberal attitudetowards • put somethingbeforesomethingelse • seethingsinblackand white • thesupportersof • sufferfromdiminishedresponsibility • to preserve human life • to getawaywithsomething

  8. Fill in the gaps. • Theactofbringigintoeffect a judgementofdeathpenalty is _________________. • _____________ is theactionofdestroying a human foetusprematurely. • Casesof terminal diseasesoften raise thequestionof _______________. • Theunderstandingofpsychiatricconditionsof a murdererinfluencestheattitudetowards_________________ . • __________ __________ is the state of human mind, whichmakes a personnotaccountable for his or her actions.

  9. Fill in the gaps – THE KEY • The act of bringig into effect a judgement of death penalty is execution. • Abortion is the action of destroying a human foetus prematurely. • Cases of terminal diseases often raise the question of euthanasia. • The understanding of psychiatric conditions of a murder influences the attitude towards the punishment he should get. . • Diminished responsibility is the state of human mind, which makes a person not accountable for his or her actions.

  10. Abortionin Croatia As a comment of that Act you can read the article by N. Hlača from the Faculty of Law in Rijeka – use the following link: http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?me09018

  11. ZAKON O ZDRAVSTVENIM MJERAMA ZA OSTVARIVANJE PRAVA NA SLOBODNO ODLUČIVANJE O RAĐANJU DJECE I. OPĆE ODREDBE Član 1.      Radi ostvarivanja prava čovjeka da slobodno odlučuje o rađanju djece, ovim se zakonom uređuju prava i dužnosti građana, koja se odnose na sprečavanje neželjenog začeća, prekid neželjene trudnoće, kao i na medicinsku pomoć onima koji iz zdravstvenih razloga ne mogu ostvariti želju za vlastitim potomstvom. Član 2.      Pravo čovjeka da slobodno odlučuje o rađanju djece može se ograničiti samo radi zaštite zdravlja, a pod uvjetima i na način koji određuje ovaj zakon.

  12. Član 3.      U cilju ostvarivanja prava građanina na upoznavanje s metodama i prednostima planiranja porodice organiziraju se u djelatnosti zdravstva, odgoja i obrazovanja, socijalne zaštite i drugim djelatnostima savjetovališta i drugi oblici pomoći građanima u vezi s planiranjem porodice. Član 4.      Radnici i drugi radni ljudi u osnovnim organizacijama udruženog rada i drugim samoupravnim organizacijama i zajednicama, na načelima solidarnosti i uzajamnosti a u okviru materijalnih mogućnosti, osiguravaju uvjete za ostvarivanje prava čovjeka da slobodno odlučuje o rađanju djece.

  13. Researchtask… Consultthefollowing web-page • http://www.delhrv.ec.europa.eu/?lang=en&content=4369 andfindoutaboutthepositionofthe EU concerningdeathpenalty.

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