《唐律疏议》有关女性犯罪规定的梳理

在古代的法典中,有许多关于女性犯罪的法律规定,从中我们可以看出古代法律的性别观念以及女性的法律地位。本文主要就《唐律疏议》中涉及女性犯罪的罪名、刑罚及优恤的制度作了梳理与介绍,以从制度角度了解唐代妇女的法律地位。     

以刑制罪:刑法教义学与刑事政策学相互贯通的路径选择

刑法教义学与刑事政策之间不仅是宏观的关系构造,还有微观的勾连论证,尤其是后者,在风险社会背景下具有更加重要的理论价值和实践意义。刑法刑事政策化是我国刑法教义学的发展方向,为了推动刑法教义学与刑事政策从相互隔离到相互融通,就需要在刑法理论上为政策要素进入刑事教义学构建合适路径。在消弭刑法教义学与刑事政策学李斯特鸿沟的过程中,以刑制罪司法逻辑具有特殊的价值和意义。     

What Executioners Can—and Cannot—Teach Us About the Death Penalty

Those who work with the condemned often come to reject the death penalty not only in individual cases, and not only on the ground that it is poorly implemented. They tend to conclude that the punishment is wrong. I argue that the perspective of the executioner helps illuminate the debate about whether to abolish capital punishment, and that indeed the perspective of those who work with the condemned raises the troubling possibility that support for the death penalty can survive only at a great remove. Jeffrie Murphy has also argued that the executioner’s perspective can be useful, but I contend that Murphy asks the wrong question. His essay considers whether an executioner may, under some circumstances, take pride in his work. The better question is whether anyone ought to be asked to do such work. On this latter question, the perspective of the executioner sheds important light. Like Murphy, I draw on works by and about Albert Pierrepoint, the “last hangman” of Britain. I also draw on the perspectives of numerous executioners, wardens, chaplains, and other death row personnel. I argue that their perspectives offer a powerful argument against the main rationale for the death penalty: retribution. If retribution is keyed to the offender’s character as well as his wrongful act, then post-conviction character ought to matter. The executioners’ accounts share a common theme: that death row inmates change over time and hold the potential for redemption.     

论我国刑法中各刑种实际刑度之间的不衔接及对策

各刑种实际刑度间的不衔接指的是无期徒刑和有期徒刑之间、死刑中的死缓与无期徒刑之间、死刑立即执行与死缓之间刑罚程度的不衔接。它是我国现行刑法的一个不足之处。刑种间实际刑度的不衔接破坏了刑罚结构的科学性。因此,根据罪刑相当的原则,重新设定各刑种的实际刑度,对于实现它们之间的衔接,以及完善刑法结构都具有重要意义。     

创新末端程序实现行刑效益最大化

完善的末端程序 ,是监狱刑罚执行工作实现效益最大化的关键。我国监狱刑罚执行末端程序在新的社会形势下存在着诸多缺陷和弊端。在现行刑事法律框架下 ,如何以先进的行刑理念为指导 ,对监狱行刑末端程序进行改革和完善 ,成为当前摆在监狱工作者面前一个紧要的课题。     

死刑价值认识

不同的死刑价值观 ,往往会导致不同的死刑立法、司法及理论构造选择。迷信死刑者主张“治乱世用重典” ,认为死刑的威慑力足以以暴制暴、以毒攻毒 ;人权主义者则对死刑提出种种诘责 ,认为死刑是不必要的 ,只会宣扬与鼓励暴力 ,甚至是一种社会公共谋杀。对两种死刑价值认识进行综合评述之后 ,作者认为 ,对死刑的价值评判应基于一国具体的国情 ,中国的“保留死刑 ,少杀慎杀”死刑政策是对死刑价值进行理性认识之后正确的、必然的抉择。     

死刑的司法与立法限制--量刑情节的制约

立足云南省死刑适用的司法实践,结合实务部门判处死刑考虑的量刑情节,对如何从实际数量上减少死刑适用并进而从立法上减少死刑罪名提出一些实用性思路.     

Reasons for South Korean attitudes towards the death penalty: exploring the nexus between strong public support and history of misapplication

As of this writing, South Korea (officially, the Republic of Korea) is an abolitionist-in-practice nation; capital punishment is legal, but no death sentences have been carried out since a moratorium was enacted in 1997. Public support for the death penalty has decreased over time; however, the factors that determine support for or opposition to the death penalty of the South Korean general public are largely unknown. Using survey data from a nationwide sample of 416 respondents, this study examined the potential predictors for public attitudes towards capital punishment support. A majority of survey respondents (83%) supported the death penalty, a higher percentage than recent surveys of the South Korean general public. The deterrence and retribution perspectives were positively related to death penalty support, while crime severity, neighbourhood safety, the brutalisation effect, and innocence were negatively related. This study provides the first multivariate analysis of factors associated with South Korean attitudes towards the death penalty.     

Dr. Death? Professionalism,Virtue, and U.S. Physician Participation in the Death Penalty

In the United States at present, the death penalty is a possible sentence in 31 out of 50 states, as well as within the military and for federal cases. In the U.S., numbers of executions are declining, in part due to moratoriums in place and challenges to execution by lethal injection. Participation by physicians in lethal injection executions has been steadfastly viewed by professional medical organizations as contrary to their ethical standards. However, physicians have participated in lethal injection executions, and the morality of the death penalty itself is a matter of intense social and political debate. Medical ethics commentators and professional organizations have typically held that the prohibition on physician participation in the death penalty is independent of the ethical status of the death penalty itself. This article argues that this view is untenable, and that it is tied to a view of professional role virtue that is similarly untenable. At the same time, it argues that, given the morally uncertain status of the death penalty, it is plausible that virtuous physicians may either refuse or choose to participate in some aspects of the death penalty.