立法者如何讨论科技议题

随着信息技术与科技的飞速发展,如何对相关科技议题做出妥善的立法回应,是现代社会立法机关面临的一大挑战。从我国的立法实践来看,全国人大宪法和法律委员会在统一审议法律草案过程中,会充分考虑相关专家、团体和机关的意见,调整相关科技概念和专业术语的定义,维持或变更基于特定概念/标准的法律措施,或者对特定科技议题进行研究和说明。由于立法与科技之间存在着复杂的关系,全国人大宪法和法律委员会在应对科技议题时也存在着多种策略,推动科技议题向法律议题的转化。应当坚持立法过程的开放性、民主性,加强立法的公众参与,消解现代科技带来的不确定性风险。 

How Legislators Deal with Scientific & Technological IssuesBased on the Practice of Law Draft Deliberation

How to make proper responses to relevant scientific and technological issues by legislation becomes a challenge in modern society. We should try to reach a consensus in the legislative process. Based on the practice of NPC and NPCSC, the Constitution and Law Committee may fully consider the opinions of experts, relevant organizations and agencies during the unified deliberation of law drafts, then decide to adjust the definitions of related concepts, maintain or change the definitions based on specific concepts/standard legal measures, or supply special explanations about scientific and technological topics. There is a complicated relationship between legislation and science. The Constitution and Law Committee uses a variety of strategies to deal with scientific and technological issues based on the legal methods. We should keep the legislative process more transparent and democratic, and strengthen public participation in legislation, to eliminate the risk of uncertainty caused by modern technology.