论刑法之美——刑法文化的一个新视点

On Beauty of Criminal Law——A New Perspective of Culture of Criminal Law

刑法之美是指刑法的外在呈现与内在蕴含所给予人们的一种感受。除了外在美与内在美的区分,刑法之美还有优美与崇高美的区分。刑法的优美指向的是刑法的外在与形式,而刑法的崇高美则是刑法内在美的最高表达。刑法之美不仅有着使人们知法、爱法、尚法的法治意义和"丰满人格"的主体意义,而且有着对刑法本身形象的正面直接的塑造作用。刑法之美是一种制度之美,构成了刑法文化的一个极其重要的组成部分。

Beauty of criminal law means the experience given by criminal law through its external appearance and internal implication. Besides the division of external beauty and internal beauty, the division of gracefulness and loftiness lies in beauty of criminal law. Gracefulness of criminal law directs to the appearance and form of criminal law, while loftiness of criminal law is the highest express of internal beauty of criminal law. Beauty of criminal law has not only the significance of legal ruling to make people to knowledge law, love law and advo- cate law and enrich personality but also the function of modeling frontally and directly the image of criminal law itself. Beauty of criminal law is a kind of beauty of system,which constitutes a rather important component part of culture of criminal law.