宽严相济视野下国法人情的冲突与解决——论期待可能性理论的合理适用

Conflicts and Solutions of Law and Mercy from the View of Tempering Justice with Mercy:On the Reasonable Adaptation of Anticipated Possibility Theory

尽管我国现行刑法有一些体现期待可能性的规定,但由于受严格的罪刑法定思想及传统犯罪构成理论的约束,期待可能性在我国目前刑法理论中的应有地位一直未得到承认和明确。它在我国目前刑法理论中的缺位导致了刑事立法中出现法律与人情、人性相冲突的现象以及司法实践中对某些特殊案件的不适当处理。这一理论在我国仍有大量的适用余地,但将缺乏期待可能性作为责任阻却事由规定在刑法中,应规范其适用的范围。

Although some current criminal laws in China reflect anticipated possibility to some degree,its due position is still unclear and not admitted in our nation＇s current criminal theory owing to the restraint of the strict thought of a legally prescribed punishment for a specified crime and the traditional theory of composition of crime.The lack of anticipated possibility in our country＇s current theory of criminal law leads to the conflicts of law with mercy and humanity in legislation,and unsuitable treatment of some special case in judicial activities.There is sufficient room for the application of this theory in China.However,if anticipated possibility acts as cause of preventive responsibility regulated in criminal law,its applicable range should be regulated.