摘要
一、《刑事诉讼法》再修改的背景
中国《刑事诉讼法》自1979年7月1日第五届全国人民代表大会第二次会议通过以後，已於1996年3月17日经第八届全国人民代表大会第四次会议进行了一次修改。应当说，经过《刑事诉讼法》修改后迄今近10年的运作实践，现代刑事程序法治的观念、原则、制度的影响已经得到人们更普遍的认同；同时国家的政治、经济和社会形势也发生了深刻的变化。其中一些重要的背景是本次《刑事诉讼法》修改必须认真考虑的．
1. The Historical Background for the Re-modification of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People＇s Republic of China
Since the 2nd Session of the 5^th National People＇s Congress adopted the Criminal Procedure Law of the People＇s Republic of China on July 1, 1979, the law has been modified once by the 4th Session of the 8th National People＇s Congress on March 17, 1996. As a matter of fact, nearly ten years＇ operation and practice of the Chinese criminal procedure law after the modification of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People＇s Republic of China has received people＇s recognition universally in terms of the concepts, principles, as well as the influence of the criminal procedure law.
