作为间接法源的习惯法——刑法视域下习惯法立法机能之开辟

罪刑法定原则仿佛是套在习惯法头上的一个法箍,对刑法领域中习惯法的机能释放,施加着巨大的压制性作用。然而,正是在对主流理论———“罪刑法定排斥习惯法”这一论断的正本清源之中,隐含着挖掘和开辟习惯法机能的深刻契机。本文即是在这一进路指引下,对习惯法在刑法领域的功能予以拓展的初步努力。本文将着重分析习惯法在刑事立法领域的机能。文章在必要性与可能性的分析框架内,对习惯法作为刑事立法的间接法源的功能予以了初步考察。进一步地,文章以刑事和解制度为切入点,例证和说明了习惯法之于刑事立法的重要渊源式价值。

Customary Law as an Indirect Source of Law--A Broader Knowledge of the Legislative Functions of Customary Law in the Area of Criminal Law

The doctrine of “no crime or penalty without law making it so”serves as a discipline over customary law to encumber greatly its functions within the ambit of criminal law. A mainstream theory concludes that in this doctrine law simple means the statute rather than customary law. However, just from very traditional theory we can find some possibility of exercising customary law's legislative function in the criminal law area, which is what this paper really intends to do. While analyzing the necessity and probability of customary law's serving as an indirect source of law in the criminal legislation area, this paper uses a criminal conciliation system to illustrate the value of customary law as an indirect source of law in criminal legislation.