立功之功利主义导向研究

Study on the Utilitarian Guidance of Meritorious Performance

一方面司法资源的不足与大量犯罪黑数的存在,另一方面某些犯罪人掌握着其他人的犯罪事实或犯罪线索而不愿意举报。面对这一形势新《刑法》创设了立功制度,为犯罪人提供从宽量刑的机会,以刺激犯罪人的举报积极性。可见立功最初的设定体现了强烈的功利主义导向,它满足了国家与犯罪人追求各自最大幸福的需求。立功不要求犯罪人悔罪,也不关注犯罪事实或犯罪线索的来源,只要提供了他人的犯罪事实或犯罪线索即可认定为立功。

On the one hand there are limited judicial resources and plenty of dark figures of crimes; on the other hand criminals who know others＇ criminal facts and crime clues are not willing to report to judicial authority. In face of the situation, the new Criminal Law establishes the system of meritorious performance to supply the criminals with lenient sentencing policy, which stimulates criminals＂ initiative to report. The system of meritorious performance satisfies the needs of the state and the criminals for separate maximum happiness, showing the utilitarian guidance. Meritorious performance doesn＇t request repentance and doesn＇t care for the source of the crime clues. Criminals can be affirmed rendering meritorious performance if only they provide other person＇s criminal facts or crime clues, no matter whether they show repentance and where the criminal facts and clues are from.