论我国的证人拒证权制度

建立证人拒证权制度 ,其目的在于保护某种特定的社会关系 ,同时 ,它也符合我国传统法律文化的内容要求 ,能够最大程度地实现刑事诉讼法的“惩罚犯罪”与“保障权利”两个价值目标的平衡 ,有利于刑事诉讼证据制度的完善。在我国 ,设计证人拒证权应从本国国情出发 ,享有证人拒证权的主体范围包括亲属特权、职业特权和拒绝自证其罪的特权 ,其权利范围不宜宽泛。证人能否行使拒证权应由合议庭最终决定

On the Legal system of Witness's Legitimate Refusal Right to Testify

The purpose of establising the legal system of witness's legitimate refusal right to testify is to protect the particular social relations.And it also fits in well the demand of chinese traditional legal culture.Further more,it at best balances the two goals of "penalizing the criminal" and "protection of rights" set by the criminal procedure law.All of these add to the perfection of the testimony system of criminal procedure law.How to establishing China's witness's ligitimate refusal right system should based on China's particular national conditions.And the main content of such a right should include the relatives' prerogative right,professional prerogative right and the right to declare oneself to be guilty.The range of such rights must be strictly controlled and whether the witness will own such a right or not must be decided by the court.