二审全面审查制度应当废除

我国《刑事诉讼法》明确规定了二审全面审查原则。这个原则作为一种制度,使二审法院必须要对当事人没有上诉、检察机关也没有抗诉的一审判决中认定的事实部分或法律适用部分进行全面的审理。这个制度,既不符合刑事诉讼中控审分离的基本原理,违背了现代司法制度中审判中立的基本原则,也不符合诉讼经济原则和世界各国的普遍做法。因此,应当在修改《刑事诉讼法》时废除这一制度。

Abrogation of a Full Review in a Second Instance

The Criminal Procedural Act of the PRC expressly provides for a full review in a second instance. In accordance with the principle, the court of second instance must review the facts found or the law applied by the court of first instance though the parties make no appeal or the prosecution makes no protest. This does no comply with the doctrine of “separation of prosecution and judiciary” or accord with litigation economic principles and the international practice. It also contradicts the modern judicial principle that the judiciary shall remain neutral in a trial. Thus, this author urges that we should abrogate this principle while amending the Criminal Procedural Act.