论辩护律师保密特权的范围

On the Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege

确定辩护律师保密特权的范围,首先应当确定委托人与律师交流的内容是否与委托人有关,与委托人有关一般情况下即为律师保密特权的内容。同时,为了维护更重要的利益,需要对律师保密特权设置例外规定。刑事诉讼法第46条和第40条为律师保密特权设置了两方面重要的例外规定。律师保密特权还应当有以下四方面的例外规定:委托人可能判处死刑时诉讼上有利于委托人的信息,委托人无罪的信息,委托人一方行贿法官、检察官的信息,委托人为实施犯罪而与律师交流的信息。

The contents of communication between the attorney and the client should be defined whether they are related to the client first. Generally the related contents are the scope of attorney-client privilege. But in order to safeguard the more important interests, Criminal Procedural Law needs to make exceptions for the attorney-client privilege. Article 46 and Article 40 in Criminal Procedural Law provide two important exceptions. Another ＇four exceptions as followings also need to be provided： the information benefit to the client in case when he may be sentenced to death, the information about the client＇s innocence, the information that the client or someone else bribed the judge or the procurator, the information that the client communicated with the attorney for committing a crime.