刑事裁判文书释法说理的现状及优化路径

Current Situation of Elaborating Legal Provisions and Explaining Reasons for Criminal Judgments and Optimization Paths

最高人民法院出台的《关于加强和规范裁判文书释法说理的指导意见》,说明了裁判文书释法说理的重要性。然而,实践中刑事裁判文书释法说理在阐明事理、释明法理、讲明情理、讲究文理等共性问题上未达规范性要求;在个性说理中则存在同质化明显的问题。应以明确性为核心,构建以积极一般预防为导向的明确性解释规则,并以此指导刑事裁判文书的释法说理活动。

The importance to elaborate legal provisions and explain reasons for judgments is stated in the Guidelines for Strengthening and Standardizing the Elaboration of Legal Provisions and Explanation of Reasons for Criminal Judgments issued by the Supreme People’s Court.Nevertheless,the practice to elaborate legal provisions and explain reasons for criminal judgments still cannot meet the normative requirements in common issues like clarifying the case-related facts,expounding legal principles,illuminating the rationality,and stressing the unity and coherence in writing of judgments;there is also obvious homogeneity in personalized explanation of reasons for the judgments.Stressing definiteness as the core,we need to make explicit explanation rules with orientation of positive and general prevention,so as to guide the activities of elaborating legal provisions and explaining reasons for criminal judgments.