浅议“沉默权”

A Superficial Discussion on Silent Power

沉默权是被告人的一项重要的诉讼权利,它是被告人的防御权、人格权,是对国家权力的制约权;它具有体现刑事诉讼的立法理论,扩大刑事诉讼职能,实现刑事诉讼结构公正,完善刑事诉讼证据规则的作用;主要针对沉默权及其在我国确立的必然性和途径做一些探讨。

The silent power is an important litigation right of the accused person. It is the right of defense, the right of personality of the accused person, and is a restrict power of the national power system; it has the functions of embodying the lawmaking theories of criminal litigation, extending the functions of criminal litigation, realizing the structural impartiality of criminal litigation, and perfecting the proof rules of criminal litigation. Here some viewpoints about the inevitability of the silent power in our country are brought forward in the article.