犯罪本质思辨

Pondering over the Nature of Crime

社会危害性作为一个内涵不清、外延不明的政治性的概念 ,继续作为犯罪的本质而存在于刑法学之中是不合适的。通过对哲学上“本质”这一范畴的考察 ,可以得出结论 ,刑事违法性才是犯罪的本质。判定刑事违法性的过程 ,从犯罪构成角度讲 ,也是对构成要件符合性的认定过程。将刑事违法性作为犯罪的本质是罪刑法定原则的题中应有之义。

It is not appropriate for social harmfulness,being a vague political concept,to proceed to be included in the criminal law as nature of crime. Through study of the concept of nature in philosophy,we can conclude that criminal illegality is the nature of crime. The process of judging criminal illegality is to confirm the constitution of a crime. And the principle of a legally prescribed punishment for a specified crime requires us to regard criminal illegality as the nature of crime.