论亲告罪的立法意旨--刑法在社会利益本位原则下的灵活应变

在亲告罪立法意旨的问题上,理论界的通说均是从社会危害性轻微和对被害人之隐私与名誉予以保护这两个角度进行论述,这种传统的观点并不符合犯罪的基本特征、刑事责任之公法性以及刑事诉讼之公益性等刑事法的基本原理.实际上正是由于亲告罪在认定上的主观性和模糊性、中国向来重视家庭稳定的法制传统以及轻重犯罪区别对待的刑事政策,才促使刑法在坚持社会利益本位原则的前提下作出了灵活的变通,在立法中确立了亲告罪.

On the Legislative Aim of the Crimes to Be Handled Only upon Complaint:Criminal Law''''s Flexible Adaptation under the Principle of Maintaining the Interest of Society

On the issue of the legislative aim of the crimes to be handled only upon complaint,the traditional major viewpoint expounds from the perspective of slight social harm and protecting victims' privacy and reputation.But this viewpoint does not accord with the fundamental tenets of basic characters of crime,the nature of public law in criminal responsibility and the nature of protecting public interest in criminal procedure.In fact,because of the subjective and ambiguous tradition of attaching importance to maintaining families' stability,we adapt flexibility under the principle of maintaining the interest of society and establish the crimes to be handled only upon complaint.