刑法学者的使命与刑法学的深度展开——评陈兴良、周光权教授的《刑法学的现代展开》

就目前而言,中国刑法学的表面繁荣的背后暴露出理论创新的贫乏与回应实践问题乏力的危机。所以刑法学人的首要任务,就是建立刑法学科的属于自己“专业槽”,刑法学只有成为“最精确的法律科学”,①才能有自己的核心技术与工艺流程的“专业槽”,只有最精确的刑法学,才能最精当地解决实践中棘手的刑法问题。陈兴良教授和周光权教授合作完成的《刑法学的现代展开》一书正是对此的回应。作者站在时代与学科的前沿,多维度立体式展示了两代刑法学人对超规范的刑法学的基础命题、规范刑法学的前沿问题与实践课题的最新思考,展示了理论“突围”与专业槽建设的努力。突出展示了罪刑法定原则视角转换、死刑问题的观念引领、刑事政策的深刻洞见等内容。全书“充满了人文气息及高度学术性”,是践行刑法学者使命,体现刑法学创新与突围的一部力作。

The Mission of Criminal Law Scholars and the Development of Criminal Law

Nowadays,there are crisis in criminal law of China behind its prosperity such as lack of theoretical innovation and incompetent to deal with practical issues.Therefore,scholars in this field have the task to establish their own specialty.Only when criminal law become a accurate legal science,can it have its own specialty;and only after this can it be possible to solve harsh practical problems.The book Modern Development of Criminal Law by Prof.Chen Xingliang and Prof.Zhou Guangquan focus on this issue,explores new thinking on basic propositions from the frontier and multiple dimensions,and express the strive for the specialty.The book has many insights on capital punishment and criminal policy,with human flavor and academic color.