罪刑法定原则之程序内容探析

Analysis of the Procedures and Content of Principle of Legality

罪刑法定原则作为刑法中保障人权的基本内容之一,是现代刑法理论的一项基本原则,并已成为现代刑法文明化的标志之一。在传统大陆法系刑法理论中,罪刑法定原则的基本内容仅涉及到实体法的内容。但实际罪刑法定原则天然包含着程序价值,我国应借鉴英美及日本关于罪刑法定原则的规定,赋予罪刑法定原则以程序内容,同时应将罪刑法定原则的立法上升到宪法层面,以匡正罪刑法定原则在法律体系中的应有地位以及其程序层面在该原则中的应有地位。

The principle of legality, one of the basic measures in the Criminal Law to ensure the human rights, is one of the fundamental guidelines of modern criminal law as well as the symbol of the civilized modem criminal law. According to the traditional continental law theory, the principle of legality involves the content of entity law. However, in this principle there naturally include the value of procedures. China should learn from the prescription in Great Britain, United States, and Japan concerning the principle of legality by assigning the content of procedures to this principle and elevating it to the formulation of Constitution so as to improve the status of the principle of legality in the law system and legal procedures.