论诽谤罪中的“情节严重”

On “Serious Circumstance”in Libel

诽谤罪中的"情节严重"就其性质而言,是表明违法性的构成要件要素,因而应该是故意的认识内容。但是诽谤罪的司法解释对"情节严重"的规定,有的突破违法的构成要件要素的性质,有的则是准兜底条款。对此,应该用刑事政策来解释司法解释中突破违法的构成要件要素性质的规定,对于准兜底条款当通过把握原则与例外的关系和坚持综合标准原则来严格限制。

＂Serious circumstance＂in libel is a constitutive element of crime in nature,so it is the identification content for intent.However,some regulations in judicial interpretation on＂serious circumstance＂in libel are out of the nature of criminal constitutive element,some are quasi- miscellaneous provisions. So provisions out of the nature of criminal constitutive element in judicial interpretation should be interpreted by criminal policy. Quasi- miscellaneous provisions should be controlled by keeping the balance of principle and exception and holding the principle of integrated standard.