劳教制度的历史脉络与法治衔接

Connection of the Historical Context and the Rule of Law of the Physical Labor Correction System

我国劳动教养制度与新中国法制同时产生,在巩固新生政权、稳定社会秩序、净化社会风气等方面都曾发挥过不可替代的作用。然而,这种特殊的行政处罚,却未能与法治发展同步,存在有违罪罚相当和程序正当等法治原则。但应当以发展的动态语境来审视劳教制度的存废更新,辨析其历史正当性、规范疏漏以及必要社会功能,认识到其制度功能最终并不会消除,而是以功能保留与制度完善为基点进行改进与构建,可以行政处罚和社区矫正制度吸收改造,以更加法治的形态服务秩序。

In China, both of the systems of reeducation through labor and the new legality produce at thesame time. They have played an irreplaceable role in consolidating the new regime, stabilizing the socialorder, purifying the social atmosphere and so on, but failed to synchronize with the development of the rule oflaw, contrary to the principle of the rule of law and other procedures. Whether it should be wasted andupdated or not depends upon the development of dynamic context, and we also should use the opinion toanalyze its historical legitimacy, norm careless omission and the necessary social function. Its system functionwill not be eliminated ultimately, but preserved and improved. It can be transformed by administrativepunishment and community correction to service the order with a more democratic form.