论刑法的谦抑性

刑法谦抑性,是指立法者应当力求以最小的支出——少用甚至不用刑罚(而用其他刑罚代替措施)获取最大的社会效益——有效地预防和抗制犯罪。刑法的谦抑性具有限制机能,在现代法治社会,这是刑法应有的价值意蕴。刑法的谦抑性表现在:对于某种危害社会的行为,国家只有在运用民事的、行政的法律手段和措施仍不足以抗制时,才能运用刑法手段。运用刑法手段解决社会冲突,应当具备两个条件:其一,危害行为必须具有相当严重程度的社会危害性;其二,作为对危害行为的反应,刑罚应当具有无可避免性。一般来说,具有无效果、可替代、太昂贵三种情况之一,就说明不具备刑罚之无可避免性,此时刑法应当谦抑。

On Modest and Restrained Principle of Criminal Law

Criminal law modest and restrained,is refers to the legislator to have to make every effort by the smallest disbursement-little to use even not to need the penalty(to use other penalties to replace measure),gains the biggest social efficiency-effectively prevention and the anti-system crime.criminal law modest and restrained has the limit function,in modern government by law society,this is the value implication which the criminal law should have.Criminal law modest and restrained performance in: Regarding some kind of harm society's behavior,the country only then when the utilization civil,the administrative legal method and the measure still is insufficient the anti-system,can utilize the criminal law method.Using the criminal law method solution society conflict,must meet two requirements: First,the harm behavior must have the quite serious degree social hazardous nature;Second,took to harms the behavior the response,the penalty must have inevitable.Generally speaking,has the invalid fruit,may substitute,one of too expensive three kind of situations,the explanation does not have the penalty inevitable,this time the criminal law must be modest and restrained.