社会危害性与刑事违法性的关系的新解读

社会危害性是犯罪的本质特征这一刑法学命题,近年来受到学界许多学者的质疑与批判。质疑与批判的理由主要集中在社会危害性具有模糊性、易变性,社会危害性与刑事违法性之间存在着冲突,并会破坏罪刑法定原则。同时,有学者对社会危害性理论进行辩护和论证,但是仍未消除批判者们的疑虑。正确解读社会危害性与刑事违法的关系,仍是刑法理论研究的重大课题。社会危害性与刑事违法性的关系,不能脱离社会历史条件。在现代社会的条件下,刑事违法性是犯罪评价的基本标准,社会危害性是犯罪评价的限制性的补充标准。

New Interpretation of the Relation between the Nature of Social Harm and the Nature of Criminal Transgression

Many authors doubt and criticize the nature of social harm of the crime in the recent years.Their reasons focus on its inconstant and vague,the contradiction between it and the nature of criminal transgression and the harm to the principle of legality.Meanwhile,other authors support the nature of the social harm of crime.However,there are doubts among some authors.The scientific intrepretation of the relation between the nature of social harm and the nature of criminal transgression is the most important task of criminal legal theory,which relates with the social condition.The nature of the social harm is the fundmental standard of acts evaluation while the nature of criminal transgression is the restrictive standard of acts evaluation under the modern society.