习惯法的刑事司法适用：举证与审查

习惯法之刑事实体机能的挖掘,最终是为其进入刑事司法操作开辟道路。本文的理论意图在于,对习惯法在刑事司法操作中可能面临的具体难题予以探讨。文章着重分析了习惯法的举证与审查问题。对前一问题而言,文章首先剖析了习惯法作为“事实”的性格,由此确立了其作为待证对象的地位。其次,文章结合习惯法在整体犯罪论结构中的不同角色和作用,分而治之地探讨了其举证责任的分配机理。就后一问题而言,文章主要从审查的必要、内容、标准等几个侧面入手,进行了讨论。其中,特别突出了民事上“公序良俗”原则之于习惯法刑事司法审查的重要意义。

On Criminal Judicial Application of Customary Law

The paper deals with the problems that customary law may face up in the criminal procedure. Two problems are especially concerned, that is the burden of evidence and the supervision of criminal law. For the former question, the paper holds that we must distinguish the various roles played by customary law in the structure of crimes, and accordingly give the answer. For the latter question, the paper mainly discusses the necessity, content and the standard of the supervision.