司法变奏的政治底色——从汪兆铭谋刺载沣案谈起

Political Colour of the Judicial Variation: from the perspective of the Case of Wang Zhaoming Assassinating Zaifeng

汪兆铭谋刺载沣案是晚清预备立宪背景下、司法独立过程中发生的著名历史事件。政治的变革和司法的转型,导致传统法律元素与现代法律元素在此案中交错杂陈、参差互现,使得此案的处理在程序和实体方面都出现不少耐人寻味的问题。在这诸般问题的背面,折射出的是鲜明的时代色彩和浓郁的政治底色。以规范法学的方法,重构并解读这样一桩政治色彩遮蔽了法律属性的历史事件,或许可以为更加深入地诠释晚清司法转型的波折以及近代司法独立的艰难,提供一个因过于熟悉却转而陌生的视角。

Against the backdrop of the constitutional preparations in Late Qing and accompanied radical changes in judicial systems, the assassination case by Wang Zhaoming against Zaifeng became one landmark historical event. Political reformations plus judicial transitions gave birth to variegated problems, both in terms of procedure and substance, as many tradition issues as modernity issues, which have been sufficiently manifested in the hearing process of the case. Hence, the case in essence captures a vivid picture of the political drama en course toward an independent judicial system, abundant in detours and difficulties. By adopting a perspective from normative jurisprudence, this article is aimed to restructure a politics-laden case like this one. This article concludes, after clearing up the mess yielded from weighted political narrations, a better understanding can thus be achieved.