立功功利性本质的探析——兼对立功中应公正优先或公正与功利并重的质疑

The Utilitarian Nature of Meritorious Service System

立功原本是刑事政策的内容之一,以功利性作为其本质,在其经过法律化后也不会改变。但过分的功利性的存在,也给制度的实践带来了问题,学者们据此提出要通过导入公正来改造立功制度的价值取向,要公正先行或者公正、功利和谐共存。实际上,这些措施无法改变立功的本质,作为刑法整体应当公正优先,但不能由此得出立功也以公正为本质。

The meritorious service system, utilitarian in nature, is an original part of crimi- nal policy and its essence will remain unchanged even if being embraced in law. However, an excess of utilitarian brings about many problems to the practice of the meritorious service. Many scholars propose to introduce justice to transform the basic value of the whole system, aiming to give priority to the justice or achieve harmony in utilitarian and justice. In fact, these proposals will not change the nature of meritorious service. Justice should take precedence over others in the criminal law as a whole,but this rule cannot apply to the meritorious service system.