Западно-Казахстанский государственный университет имени м.Утемисова

Факультет: Истории, экономики и права

Кафедра: Правовых дисциплин

Шифр, специальность: 5В030100 - Юриспруденция

Дисциплина: Профессионально-ориентированный иностранный язык

Билет № 3

1. Discuss the following.

The Parliament and the Government of the Republic Kazakhstan

2. Read the following text, translate and answer the following questions:

The right to die or the right to live?

The debate on euthanasia has lasted for many years. There is muchresearch on euthanasia no matter in jurisprudence or medical areas and thereare many different opinions on it. People who support the legitimation ofeuthanasia believe that we should respect patients to choose how to die andthat it also meets the principle of humanitarianism. In the Netherlands, the law allows doctors to help terminally ill patients to die. The law oneuthanasia is governed by the "Termination of life on request and assistedsuicide act" of 10 April, 2001 that entered into force on 1 April, 2002. Thisact is generally considered as the codification of the norms and proceduresthat have governed the practice of euthanasia in the Netherlands for almostthree decades. In Great Britain public support for legislation to permitassisted dying has grown from 69% in 1976 to 82% in 2004. These views areechoed in an ethical analysis by Professor TorbjornTannsjo, who argues thata system for euthanasia would mean that people could approach the terminalphase of their lives without fear. "They would know that, if, when their turncomes, and things turn out to be terrible, they have a way out," he writes.

In China doctors and family members who help the patients to makethe euthanasia happen are guilty of murder under present laws. So, they wishto release these people's liability by passing a law on euthanasia. Experts whooppose euthanasia believe that the right of subsistence is deprived by otherpeople no matter if it is the will of the patients or not. Many doctors warn thatthe legitimation of euthanasia may open a door for crimes like murder. Recent research in Belgium had pointed out that Belgian (or at least Flemish)physicians frequently 'forget' to obtain the patient’s request before ending hislife.“As a doctor, I suggest cancer patients be given pain killingprescriptions to alleviate their suffering. We should try our best to helpterminally ill patients spend the rest of their lives with less pain and morehappiness”, says Chen Fan, a doctor of Beijing Tumor Hospital in China.

What is euthanasia? How do you feel about euthanasi? What are the views on euthanasia?

3. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Make the false statements true.

1) The text is about philosophers of law.

2) Philosophy of law studies particular differences of legal systems.

3) There are three schools of thought providing identical answers to the question “What is law?”

4) Natural theory asserts that enacted laws should closely correspond laws of nature.

5) The most important part of positivist theory was developed by J.Austin.

6) In the 20th century legal realism had a great influence on thephilosophy of law.

7) The legal views of H.L.A.Hart are still influential.

Составлено и утверждено решением кафедры «Правовых дисциплин». Протокол №___ от «___» _________2015 г.Зав.кафедрой ________________________ Сериковой Л.С.

Рассмотрено и утверждено Учебно-методическим Советом факультета. Протокол №___ от «___» __________2015 г.Председатель УМС факультета _______________________Бахтиярова А.Ж.