作者：周光权
作者介绍：清华大学法学院教授
出版日期：2021年10月9日
内容提要 我国现行刑法属于实质意义上的法典。但是，其系法典化立法处于探索、起 步阶段的产物，在新时代有必要按照法典化的更高要求打造刑法典的“升级版”。基于法典 编纂的理念全面修订刑法典的任务包括整合反恐法、反间谍法、监察法等其他法律的处罚内 容；与民法典等其他部门法有机衔接；吸纳现存的单行刑法、刑法修正案、立法解释以及司 法解释的合理内容；创造性地设置重要的总则性制度规定；提升犯罪构成要件设计的明确 性，以谦抑的法益保护为前提增设轻罪；推动刑罚结构科学化，增加刑罚相关制度的规定等。 在法典化时代，全面修订刑法典需要大幅度提升法律的现实性、整合性和系统性。全面修订 刑法典并不排斥在特殊情形下颁布单行刑法，但不宜再制定附属刑法。目前有必要尽快组 织力量深入研究、充分论证，按照法典编纂的理念和要求，在现行刑法的基础上制定出一部 更加契合时代要求、内在结构更为合理、能够管长远的刑法典，为实现国家治理能力和治理 体系现代化提供更为充分的法律制度支撑。
关键词 刑法典 法典编纂 法益保护 增设新罪 全面修订刑法典
Abstract: The current Criminal Law of China belongs to the code in essence. However, it is the product of codification legislation at the exploration and initial stage. In the new era, it is necessary to create an‘upgraded version’of the criminal code in accordance with the higher requirements of codification. Based on the concept of codification, the task of comprehensively amending the criminal law includes integrating the punishment content of the counterterrorism law, the counterespionage law, the supervision law and other laws; organically connecting with the Civil Code and other specific laws; absorbing the reasonable content of the existing special criminal laws, criminal law amendments, legislative interpretations and judicial interpretations; creatively setting important general rules and regulations; improving the clarity of the design of the constitutive elements of a crime, and adding misdemeanors on the premise of modest legal interests protection; promoting the scientific structure of punishment, and increase the provisions of punishment-related systems, etc. In the era of codification, the comprehensive amendment of the criminal law needs great improvement of the reality, integration and systematicness of the law. The comprehensive amendment of the criminal code does not exclude the promulgation of special criminal laws under special circumstances, but it is not appropriate to enact subsidiary criminal laws. At present, it is necessary to organize forces as soon as possible to conduct in-depth research and fully demonstrate it, and formulate a criminal code that is more in line with the requirements of the times and has a more reasonable internal structure in the long term on the basis of the current criminal law in accordance with the concepts and requirements of the codification, which provides more adequate legal system support for realizing the modernization of state capacity and system for governance.