英国刑法对隐私权的保护及其评析

Evaluation of Protection of Privacy by Criminal Law in the Great Britain

隐私权是现代社会最重要的新兴基本人权之一,英国是普通法系的代表性国家,但长期以来英国法律不承认独立的隐私权,因此造成英国隐私权法律制度发展严重滞后。英国在隐私权刑法保护方面不但条文稀少,且相对零散,难以对隐私法益形成有效保护。但英国隐私权刑法保护并非一无是处,英国刑法独特的责任制度和刑罚制度在对隐私权刑法保护中别具一格,值得予以高度评价和特别关注。

The right of privacy is one of the most important basic human rights emerging in modern society. The Great Britain England is the representative country of the ordinary legal system. Its law does not acknowledge the independent right of privacy, therefore, its legal system of right of privacy developed poorly for a long time. The scarce and relatively scattered article protection by criminal law of right of privacy can form the effective protection to the privacy. There still exist some merits in protection to privacy by criminal law in the Great Britain. We should place high evaluation and special attention to the unique responsibility system and the penalty system in protection to privacy by criminal law in the Great Britain which appears a distinctive style.