刑法典第89条第2款“又犯罪”之检讨与修改

我国刑法典第89条第2款将追诉时效中断的事由规定为“又犯罪”,对于此项立法模式,理论界有不同的认识但关注较少,虽提出了不同的建议,但并未触及问题的根本。通过“又犯罪”这一时效中断事由的剖析和检讨发现,“又犯罪”作为追诉时效中断事由,折射出理论上的误区和立法中的悖论,不可避免地遭遇实践困窘。将“又犯罪”修改为“又犯同种罪”,方为解决问题的根本出路所在。     

论人身危险性在刑法中的定位——兼论社会危害性的解构

人身危险性在刑法理论中的定位,有量刑根据说、刑事责任根据说、定罪根据说和犯罪本质特征说的争论.社会危害性有一个内部层次结构问题,在纵向方面,分为事实层面和价值评价层面,即自然属性层面和社会属性层面;在横向方面,由客观实害性和人身危险性两部分组成.在社会危害性理论的前提下,应将人身危险性定位为社会危害性的组成部分.人身危险性的这一定位,既解决了刑法理论中的"脱节点"问题,又为报应与预防之刑的统一找到了合理结合点.     

Social Policy beyond Fear: The Globalization of Strangeness,the ‘War on Terror’, and ‘Spaces of Wonder’

Fear has become central to social scientific understandings of contemporary insecurities. However, this article argues that a focus on fear is not sufficient, and that an exploration of ‘wonder’ is more productive, particularly when trying to understand modes of governance and policy regimes introduced as part of the ‘war on terror’. An appropriate starting point for such an exploration is the globalization of strangeness. The idea that globalization has undermined the familiar territoriality of a world of nation states has become accepted in the social science literature. However, the nature of the resulting unfamiliarity or strangeness of the world is rarely explored. This article focuses on the processes by means of which the world is rendered strange and examines the opportunities for new forms of governance opened up by a world designated as insecure, uncertain and unpredictable. The article pays particular attention to the ways in which this strangeness can generate ‘spaces of wonder’. Examples of such ‘spaces of wonder’ include ‘the world’, the UK's border, now offshore according to the Home Office, and ‘global borderlands’. The article advances a critical reading of contemporary political responses to ‘spaces of wonder’, particularly the ways in which the unknown and threatening are rendered in familiar and cosy terms.