论现代刑法的谦抑性

On Limiting of Modern Criminal Law

刑法的宽容化是当代文明国家发展的普遍趋势,然而受古代重刑传统观念的影响,遏制犯罪必须采取严刑峻法的思想在我国却很有市场.随着我国现代化进程的日益深入,建设社会主义和谐社会成为我国追求的目标,这对刑法提出了新的要求.刑法要保持谦抑和宽容越来越成为学界和社会的共识.通过对刑法谦抑性的含义、基础以及基本要求几个方面对此进行了简要论述,目的是使大家对这个问题有一定的认识,并期待对我国的刑事司法实践产生一定的借鉴作用.

The tolerance of criminal law is the general trend of contemporary civilized country, while influenced by ancient emphasis on criminal penalty tradition, the idea of checking crimes by severe criminal penalty is very popular in China. With the advance of China modernization, building socialist harmonious society has been the objective China strives for, which has put forward new requirements for criminal law. The limiting and tolerance of criminal law have been the common understanding of scholar sector and the society. This paper has made a brief review of the connotation, base, and requirements of limiting criminal law, hoping to help people understand this subject and guide China criminal justice practice.