刑法伦理解释论

刑法解释问题的关键是依照什么价值原则和指导思想来理解和适用刑法条文,对此,迄今为止的各种刑法解释理论都没有给人们以正确、简单的指导。本文提出的“伦理解释论”认为,最好的刑法解释应当在刑法文本用语的最大含义范围内选择、适用最符合公众善恶观念的含义。“入罪解释论”和当下流行的“出罪解释论”都是荒谬和错误的。与“合乎伦理地解释刑法”相比,由谁来解释刑法、用什么方法来解释刑法并不重要。

The Ethical Interpretation Theory in Criminal Law

Interpretation of criminal law heavily relies upon the values and directive thoughts chosen by people while they are viewing and applying specific statutory sections.To this point,unfortunately,none of the theories has offered us a correct and simple answer.This paper advances an "ethical interpretation theory" which advocates that the best way to interpret a criminal law is to choose and apply to the text the meaning that is most consistent with the public's judgment of evils.Both the "liberal interpretation of a crime" and "narrow interpretation of a crime," that is popular now,are fallible.Further,this paper maintains that so long as "a criminal law is ethically interpreted," neither the identity of the interpreter nor the method of interpretation is of concern.