刑法信仰的根基

刑法作为一种规范,不论是立法、司法都深深植根于某种特定的文化和社会制度中。它自身会受到该文化和制度的制约。但是,刑法必须体现人的一定欲求。因为,只有刑法的价值真正体现出对公民作为人的本身的价值关怀,才能得到公民的信仰,刑法自身才具有生命力。于是,我们看到刑法的信仰获得就是这样一个互动过程:刑法是保障和发展公民人权的大宪章,寻找到了公民信仰刑法的根基;同时,公民通过遵守刑法和维护刑法的价值坚定对刑法的信仰。刑法信仰的根基就在于刑法必须植根于人的欲求中,体现出人的欲求,不得违背"常情、常识、常理"。因此,我国现行刑法要想获得信仰至少必须做到:刑法价值真正的转变;刑事解释的公正;刑事普法的观念转变。

The Foundation of the Belief in the Criminal Law

The criminal law as a norm together with actually legislation or judicature is deeply rooted in a certain specific culture and social institution.The criminal law nevertheless,must reflect some desires of human beings in that only the value expectation of the citizens as is genuinely represented by the criminal law,can the criminal law be obeyed and,can its own vitality be presented.Thus we can see that the obtainment of the belief in the criminal law reveal the following process interaction: the criminal being the general charter guaranteeing and developing the human rights and so we have focused the common foundation of the criminal law.At the same time,the citizens may firmly believe the criminal law by observing and maintaining its value.The foundation of believing the criminal law is deeply noted in the expectation of the people without behaving against "common sense,general knowledge and general reason." Therefore,if the existent criminal law of China intends to obtain its belief from the citizens,it shall at least achieve in the subsequent aspects: genuine transfer of its value fair interpretation of the criminal penalty,transfer of popularizing criminal law.