摘要
"久缓"是清代秋审中一种独特的现象。较为复杂棘手的监候死刑案件,往往历经数次甚至十数次以上的秋审尚难定案论决,或情实数次未勾,或缓决数次未减,案犯监禁于囹圄较长时间,以等待下一轮秋审获得减等或赦宥。作为秋审程序的一种变通措施,"久缓"是"慎狱明刑"的最后一道屏障,是"化死入生"的律外救济渠道,也是死刑运用宽与严的平衡机制,体现了清代司法对"议狱缓死"慎杀理念的追求,尽管存在诸多弊端,但也有效控制了清代死刑实际执行的数量。
"Constant postponement with no decisive results"is a unique phenomenon in the autumn trial in the Qing Dynasty.In the complex and difficult cases that the prisoners condemned to death were reprieved,it may need several or even a dozen times of trials before getting adjudications.The criminals would be put in prison for a long time to wait for the commutation and exemption."Constant postponement with no decisive results"is the last guarantee of the cautious punishment and a way of remedies beyond law.It’s also a mechanism to balance the concession and rigor which presents the ultimate pursuit of cautious execution theory in judicial practice in the Qing Dynasty.Despite there’re many flaws,it’s an effective way to control the number of execution.
出处
《南京社会科学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2020年第5期89-96,共8页
Nanjing Journal of Social Sciences
基金
司法部国家法治与法学理论研究重点项目“中国古代死刑控制机制研究”(16SFB1009)的阶段性成果
吉林大学廉政建设专项研究课题“中国古代司法监察的运行机制及其当代镜鉴”的支持。
关键词
清代
秋审
久缓
议狱缓死
慎杀
the Qing Dynasty
autumn trial
constant postponement with no decisive results
trial for suspension of death penalty
cautious execution
