1. Unit 20 Death and the Law

2. What do following pictures make you think of?

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

5. Learning outcomes of the Unit 19 Students will be able to: Students will be able to: 1. to define phenomena in which death and law are closely connected (e.g. suicide, abortion, euthanasia, death penalty) 2. translate into Croatian key expressions related to the topic 3. report about abortion issue in Croatia 4. conduct further research into the topics mentioned under point 1. (e.g. position of the EU on death penalty)

6. Read the text and decide which subtitle sums up which paragraph (two subtitles are too much) 1. The border line between right and wrong 2. Examples used to argue for euthanasia 3. The power to decide about life and death 4. Punishing murder by commiting a new one 5. Attitude to suicide at different times 6. Helping a person to die gives rise to much controversy 7. Moral and legal aspects of ending a pregnancy in an unnatural way. 8. The secret border line between life and death

7. Expressions from the Unit 20 to be charged with (murder / criminal offence...) to be charged with (murder / criminal offence...) the law on abortion / capital punishment has changed the law on abortion / capital punishment has changed to take one’s own stand to take one’s own stand to execute a murderer (execution) to execute a murderer (execution) the pressure for the aboliton of hanging the pressure for the aboliton of hanging to have influence on public attitudes / person’s behaviour to have influence on public attitudes / person’s behaviour at the trial at the trial to commit murder / suicide / crime to commit murder / suicide / crime

8. Expressions – part II a free / liberal attitude towards a free / liberal attitude towards put something before something else put something before something else see things in black and white see things in black and white the supporters of the supporters of suffer from diminished responsibility suffer from diminished responsibility to preserve human life to preserve human life to get away with something to get away with something

9. Fill in the gaps. 1. The act of bringig into effect a judgement of death penalty is _________________. 2. _____________ is the action of destroying a human foetus prematurely. 3. Cases of terminal diseases often raise the question of _______________. 4. The understanding of psychiatric conditions of a murderer influences the attitude towards_________________. 5. __________ __________ is the state of human mind, which makes a person not accountable for his or her actions.

10. Fill in the gaps – THE KEY 1. The act of bringig into effect a judgement of death penalty is execution. 2. Abortion is the action of destroying a human foetus prematurely. 3. Cases of terminal diseases often raise the question of euthanasia. 4. The understanding of psychiatric conditions of a murder influences the attitude towards the punishment he should get.. 5. Diminished responsibility is the state of human mind, which makes a person not accountable for his or her actions.

11. Abortion in Croatia PODACI O DOKUMENTU Naslov dokumenta: Zakon o zdravstvenim mjerama za ostvarivanje prava na slobodno odlučivanje o rađanju djece Vrsta dokumenta:Zakon Tijelo koje donosi:Sabor SR Hrvatske Potpisnik:Jakov Blažević Funkcija potpisnika: Predsjednik Predsjedništva SR Hrvatske Grad:Zagreb Datum proglašenja:1. svibnja 1978. 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

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. Research task… Consult the following web-page http://www.delhrv.ec.europa.eu/?lang=en&cont ent=4369 http://www.delhrv.ec.europa.eu/?lang=en&cont ent=4369 http://www.delhrv.ec.europa.eu/?lang=en&cont ent=4369 http://www.delhrv.ec.europa.eu/?lang=en&cont ent=4369 and find out about the position of the EU concerning death penalty.