“宽严相济”刑事政策的正当性考察

On the Legitimacy of the Criminal Policy of "Combination of Mercy and Strictness"

"宽严相济"是我国司法机关依据刑事法规范和原则制定出来的指导具体刑事司法活动的一项基本政策。它适用并诠释着相关刑事法规范所欲实现的价值选择与目标追求;该政策吸纳并体现了现代刑法的谦抑精神,符合轻刑主义刑罚理念的发展方向。从整体上说,"宽严相济"刑事政策既具有理论上的正当性,又具有制定法上的合法性。

The policy of'Combination of Mercy and Strictness'is a basic policy guiding the specific crimi- nal judicial activities made by our judiciary according to norms and principles of our criminal law,and it draws on the enlightened spirit and conception of modem law.Its application represents the valuse and objectives of rel- evant criminal law norms.The policy embody the restraining spirit of the criminal law and light punishment idea. Generally speaking,the policy is legitimate both on theory and st...