“可能的语义”无法完成的任务——论“可能的语义”维护罪刑法定原则作用的局限性及出路

An Impossible Task: Discussion on the Limited Function of the “Possible Semantic” as Maintaining the Principle of Legality

形式解释论与实质解释论都将"可能的语义"作为维护罪刑法定原则的重要工具,主张解释结论不能超越法条文字的"可能的语义"。然而,基于"语义"无法进行自我定义这一事实,"可能的语义"不仅无法独立承担重任,反而可能因解释者的主观主义而得出恣意的解释结论。从根本上看,这是源于刑法概念无法克服的不明确性。对此,应承认"可能的语义"作用的局限性,运用一种综合的约束机制以维护解释结论的正当性。

Both formal interpretation theory and substantive theory take the agreement that the “Possible Semantic” is the crucial instrument in Maintaining the Principle of Legality. That is,the interpretations of the criminal law articles should not beyond the ‘‘Possible Semantic ” ？ However, basing on the fact that the legal text could not define itself, the u Possible Semantic^ is unable to un-dertake such task independently. Sometimes even the 44 Possible Semantic^ could cause the intolera-ble flexible interpretations. Basically, this is due to the uncertainty nature of the concepts of crimi-nal law. To this issue, we should admit the limitation function of the 44Possible Semantic＂ ,and uti-lize various of restricted conditions in order to maintain the justification of the interpretation result.