刑事证人拒证的三大立法根源评析

在刑事审判中,证人拒证现象的普遍存在,对庭审制度的改革与司法公正的实现构成极大的威胁。证人拒证的根本原因在于刑事立法存在三大缺陷:证人作证的立法数量匮乏;证人作证的立法属性矛盾;证人作证的立法内容违背法理。在立法中补强证人作证的有关制度是解决拒证的关键,为此,必须强化证据学理论的研究,树立科学的诉讼理念。

Analysis on Three Legislative Sources of Criminal Witness Refusing Testimony

The phenomenon of witness refusing testimony is universal in the penal trial, which poses a great menace to the reform of trial system and the realization of judicial justice. The root cause of witness refusing testimony lies in three big defects of criminal legislation: on the aspect of witness giving testimony, the legislative quantity is deficient, and the legislative attribute is contradictory, and the legislative content violates the legal principle. The key to the settlement of witness giving testimony is the legislation. For this reason, we must strengthen the research on the theory of evidences, foster scientific ideal of suits.