On the Criminal Law Retroactive Effect
Abstract: Retroactivity of Criminal Law is an exceptionally important role in the criminal justice has become a prominent issue, the application of criminal law amendments have retroactive effect. Specific criminal justice practice fully implement the lighter principles and old ones, the construction of China's legal system, socialist democratic politics and to protect the human rights of citizens as well as to carry out the needs of the international judicial assistance. However, in the old and the new criminal law how to select the appropriate issue, there is a lot of controversy. How to fully implement the principle of criminal responsibility from the old, In this paper, the basic theory of retroactive effect to the specific application to sort out, intended to explore again Retroactivity of Criminal Law, to study and make legislative proposals to improve the retroactive effect of legislation beneficial to China's criminal law, and to criminal law retroactively the principle of force to get the correct and comprehensive understanding and application.
Keyword: Retroactive effect; Lighter principles; Cross-law
目录
摘要 1
Abstract 1
前言 2
一、刑法溯及力的概述 2
二、刑法溯及力的研究现状 3
(一)刑法溯及力的适用范围 3
(二)刑法溯及力的从轻原则 4
三、我国刑法溯及力的适用现状 5
(一)适用原则 5
(二)“处刑轻重”的比较 6
(三)“跨法行为”的适用 7
(四)刑法司法解释 8
四、对我国刑法溯及力的立法建议 8
结 语 10
参考文献 11
致 谢 12,3660
前言 法律总是会为适应社会的发展不断进步和完善的,在此过程中,新生效的法律既要符合罪刑法定原则的要求,即“法无明文规定不为罪,法无明文规定不处罚。”又要体现保护人权的功能。刑法溯及力问题是刑法理论中的重要课题,它是解决定罪量刑的关键。为了适应社会的发展,与时俱进,各国的刑法也随之不断的发展和完善,我国亦不例外。诚然,在刑法理论界关于刑法溯及力问题早有探讨,特别是在社会主义法制建设进程不断推进,1997年新刑法的生效,相关司法解释相继出台的大背景下,关于刑法溯及力的争论愈演愈烈。笔者综合各界的争论,对溯及力适用原则的有关问题再进行阐述:
一、刑法溯及力的概述
刑法的溯及力,亦称刑法溯及既往的效力,是指新的刑法生效之后,对于其生效之前未经审判或者判决尚未确定的行为是否具有追溯适用的效力。如果具有适用效力,即具有溯及力;否则就没有溯及力 。
综观各国刑法关于溯及力的规定,主要有以下五个原则: