摘要
自首是刑罚制度中的一项重要内容,对于司法机关有效追究和预防刑事犯罪以及对于犯罪人的改造和人权保护方面不可或缺。我国1979年刑法就确立了自首制度,1997年刑法对自首的本质、特征、条件和内容等各方面都进行了修正,但在自首的认定中出现的一些新的疑难、复杂问题长期困扰着我国的刑法理论界和司法实务界,这些问题归结到一点,就是我国刑法理论中对自首制度构成要件的认识还存在不足之处。本文认为,自首构成要件宜取“两要件说”,即取消“接受审查和裁判”作为自首的构成要件,但对“自动投案”与“如实供述自己罪行”这两个构成要件的内涵和外延有必要加以厘清和完善。
The voluntary surrender is an important part in the system of punishment, indispensable for judicial organizations to investigate and prevent criminal acts as well as to transform criminals and safeguard human rights. China first established its voluntary surrender system in 1979, and in 1997, it amended its law concerning voluntary surrender, such as the essence, character, condition and content of voluntary surrender. However, some new difficult, complex problems in defining voluntary surrender have long puzzled the theoretical circle and the practitioners within China's legal system. All these problems point to the inadequate perception of the constitutive requirements of the Chinese voluntary surrender system. The author believes that the constitutive requirements should be based on “two elements”; in other words, we should give up “be subject to investigation and punishment” as a constitutive requirement of voluntary surrender. However, the content and connotation of the two constitutive requirements, “voluntary surrender”and “truthful confession”, should be clarified and perfected.
出处
《江苏大学学报（社会科学版）》
2005年第4期67-73,共7页
Journal of Jiangsu University(Social Science Edition)
关键词
自首制度
构成要件
自动投案
如实供述
准自首
voluntary surrender
constitutive requirements of voluntary surrender system
voluntary surrender
truthful confession
voluntary surrender-elect
