《刑法修正案(八)》的三大特点——与前七部刑法修正案相比较  

Three New Characteristics of the 8th Amendment to the Criminal Law of China——In Comparison With Previous Seven Amendments to the Criminal Law

作　　者：刘艳红[1] 

机构地区：[1]东南大学法学院,江苏南京211189

出　　处：《法学论坛》2011年第3期5-11,共7页Legal Forum

摘　　要：与前七部刑法修正案相比较,《刑法修正案(八)》的修改模式由"分则个罪模式",走向了"总则+分则模式";其所修改的内容不再如同前七次刑法修正案只体现入罪及提高刑罚的单一方向,而是体现了"入罪、提高刑罚"加"出罪、减轻刑罚"的双重方向;其所体现的刑法机能则由以往七部刑法修正案的社会保护而转向了人权保障。《刑法修正案(八)》的这三大特点,充分体现了当代中国刑事立法的文明性、人道性与进步性,也因此,它在中国刑事立法史上将具有里程碑式的重要意义。By comparing with previous seven amendments to the criminal law of China,there are three new characteristics of the 8th amendment.First,the pattern of amendment has been changed from modification of specific provisions of the Criminal law to modification of both general provision and specific provisions.The second new characteristic of the 8th amendment is on the direction of amendment.Unlike previous seven amendments that only focused on adding new crimes and increasing criminal penalties,the 8th amendment focused on not only adding new crimes and increasing criminal penalties but also deleting crimes and decreasing penalties as well.Third,the function of the criminal law has been transferred from social protection to human rights protection.These three new characteristics of the 8th amendment sufficiently reflect that criminal legislation of China is civilized,humanitarian and advanced.Therefore,the 8th amendment of the criminal law will be deemed as important as milestone in the history of criminal legislation in China.

关 键 词：修改模式 修改方向 刑法机能 

分 类 号：D924[政治法律—刑法学]