论刑事违法性作为犯罪本质的合理性

在作为规范学科的刑法学当中,犯罪的本质只能是刑事违法性而非社会危害性;刑事违法性发挥作用的领域是刑事司法;其内容既包括行为在客观上与法的秩序相违背,也包括行为人本身具有刑事责任能力、主观上存在罪过并具有归责可能性。刑事违法性中所指的“法”应指法律规范而非法律条文,指实定法而非应然法,指具体的法律规则而非抽象的法律原则或公共政策。相对于社会危害性而言,它是一个真正完整的、规范意义上的法律标准;在司法的意义上,它是犯罪成立的惟一条件。

Criminal Illegality as the Essence of Crime

In criminal law sphere,the essence of crime is not social harm but criminal illegality.It is the only requirement for an act to be regarded as a crime.It includes not only the objective aspect but also the subjective aspect of an act,and both are regarded be against the law.The real meaning of criminal illegality is that it is not the legal provisions but the legal norms which are violated.When we refer to a crime as an act which violated criminal law,we mean the enacted law but not the ideal law or public policies.