摘要
我国新刑法第18条的规定是评定精神障碍人刑事责任能力的主要法律依据,但该条文中继续沿用的'精神病'这一概念的内涵具有不确定性和狭窄性,由此产生了刑法立法与司法实践之间的矛盾,出现一些需要进一步研究和探讨的问题,乃至需要进行立法用语上的修改.以'精神障碍',取代'精神病'一词,是刑事立法遭应精神医学的发展,科学地吸取和应用其研究成果来解决自身理论与实践中有关问题的需要.该条文中确立的精神障碍人刑事责任能力的三级划分则较旧刑法更为科学和合理,具体评定须坚持医学条件与心理学条件相统一的标准.
The stipulation in article 18 of China's new criminal law is main legal basis for appraising the capacity of criminal responsibility of mentally disordered persons, hut there're some indefinite and narrow natures within the connotation of the conception 'psychosis' used in this article, which have caused different views and contradictions between the criminal legislation and judicature, requiring further studying and even revising the legislative terms. Using the term of 'mental disorder' instead of 'psychosis in criminal legislation is to fit in with the development of psychological medicine, absorb and apply its outcomes to solve, the theoretical and practical problems scientifically. The three-degree method of capacity of criminal responsibility is more scientific and reasonable than that of the old criminal law and we should uphold the standard of unifying biological and psychological conditions to appraise the capacity of criminal responsibility of mentally disordered persons.
出处
《贵州警官职业学院学报》
2002年第3期71-77,共7页
Journal of Guizhou Police Officer Vocational College
关键词
精神病
精神障碍
刑事责任能力
刑法
精神医学
psychosis
mental disorder
capacity of criminal responsibility
criminal law
psychological medicine
