严格责任论:以英美刑法为中心

刑法学界有观点认为,严格责任是结果责任、客观归罪的典型,应予彻底否定。刑事严格责任起源于英美法国家,我国《刑法》中并无这一概念。要对刑事严格责任进行评判,应当充分了解其存在的背景、内涵及其价值基础,否则,作出的结论往往是不尽妥当的。英美刑法中,严格责任的适用受到了种种条件的限制,不同于绝对责任,更非结果责任或者客观归罪,有其存在的价值基础。

Strict Liability: Focus on Anglo-American Criminal Law

In criminal law society the view was held that strict liability is typical of result liability and objective incrimination,and hence should be eradicated.The concept of strict liability originated from Anglo-American criminal law and has not been introduced into Chinese criminal law.To assess criminal strict liability and draw a right conclu- sion on it,one should have a comprehensive understanding of its background,connotation and basic values.In Anglo- American criminal law,the application of strict liability is limited by many requirements.Different from absolute lia- bility,result liability or objective incrimination,strict liability is worth surviving.