刑事合理性原则初探

法律上的合理性原则,一般与自由裁量权紧密联系。在刑事法律领域,合理性原则与罪刑法定原则一样,其出发点在于对国家行使刑罚权进行必要的限制。在现代刑法理论中,罪刑法定原则最能体现出合法性原则对刑事裁量权的制约。但是,罪刑法定原则也存在一定的不足,这需要合理性原则加以补充;并且,在合法性的前提下,刑罚权的运用、法律解释以及刑事司法中的法官释法、自由裁量等,还需要以合理性加以限制,才不会出现形式的公正造成了实质的不公正的局面。

On the Principle of Rationality in Criminal Law

The starting point of the principle of rationality and the principle of legality in Criminal law lies in necessary restrictions on the national right to carry out the penalty.In the modern theory of criminal law,the principle of legality reflects that the legitimacy constraints the criminal judicial discretion.However,there is such a certain lack in the principle of legality that the principle of rationality is needed.Under the legitimacy,the right to use penalty,legal and judicial interpretation and discre...