英美刑法的正当防卫制度之优劣

Objective Review of Justifiable Defense System of Criminal Law in Common-law Countries

正当防卫作为一项最古老的辩护制度,历来是世界各国刑事立法、刑事司法和刑法理论关注的焦点。由于历史文化传统的不同,英美法系国家关于正当防卫制度的规定与我国以及大陆法系各国存在着较大的差异。

As one of the most ancient defense system, the justifiable defense has been the issue in the criminal legislation, justice and theory of the world. Due to the difference of the culture traditions, the justifiable defense system enacted by the common-law countries is very different from that enacted by China and the civil-law countries.