宪政视野下的刑罚正当性

The legitimacy of the Penalty from the Perspective of the Constitutionalism

研究刑罚的正当性离不开权利和权力这两个法学核心范畴,研究刑罚正当性实际上就是研究刑罚权的正当性,就是探讨人们会把什么样的刑罚权让渡给国家的问题,这就需要借助个人主义方法论探究个人的选择过程。从宪政的视角来看,"报应论"更适合作为刑罚的正当性基础。

Right and power are two core-notion of the law,without which the study of the legitimacy of the penalty cannot go.The study of the legitimacy of the penalty is in fact the study of the legitimacy of the power of penalty,which inquires into what kind of power the people entitles the government.This needs probe into the process of choice of individual with the aid of the methodology of individualism.From the view of constitutionalism,retribution is fit for the base of the legitimacy of penalty.