2011年刑事法發展回顧：法律說詞與說詞之外

本文以檢視2011年國內對於刑法領域相關問題之對應為內容，敘述並評析年度中發展出來之法律變動、大法官解釋、最高法院刑事庭會議決議，以及社會重大事件。關於法律變動，本年度為因應社會犯罪問題，立法修正加重（侵入住宅）竊盜罪、不能安全駕駛罪及財產來源不明罪等罪之構成要件或法定刑；大法官解釋的部分有大法官釋字第687號解釋；刑事庭會議幾個決議，其一是對應於上述大法官解釋所作不再援用若干判例的決議，至於其他決議，大致都屬於刑罰論的個別解釋問題。本年度的台灣社會，沒有類似前一年度之刑法議題相關的低度社會運動；相對之下，對於江國慶誤判死刑之刑事責任追究，和前立法委員李慶安雙重國籍所涉及詐欺及使公文書登載不實罪，已經算是比較引起注目的案件。整體以觀，刑事立法與司法，無論是出於立法態度，或是出於理論上的疏忽，都會出現刑罰過度或刑罰不足的情況。立法態度屬於現實問題，理論本身往往難以施力；至於理論上的疏忽，少部分情形可能透過解釋途徑加以補救，但是大部分情形並不樂觀。

關鍵字

貪污；詐欺；財產來源不明罪；不能安全駕駛罪；使公務員登載不實；加重竊盜；轉嫁刑罰；違禁物；責任原則；累犯

並列摘要

This paper is intended to examine how the legal community in Taiwan responded to criminal law issues in 2011. It includes descriptions and analyses of legal changes, interpretations of the Grand Justice Council, resolutions by the Criminal Divisions Conference of the Supreme Court, and some controversial events in Taiwanese society. Regarding to legal changes, the legislators revised the elements of and increased the punishments against offenses of burglary, unsafe driving, and property crimes of unknown origin. Regarding to interpretations of the Grand Justice Council, the Grand Justice Council made the Interpretation No. 687. Regarding resolutions by the Criminal Divisions Conference of the Supreme Court, some invalidated several precedents related to J.Y. Interpretation No. 687. Others dealt with individual issues concerning the theory of punishment. During this year, there were no social movements triggered by criminal law issues like last year. What attracted the attention of the society was two controversial cases: the case of Jiang Guo-Qing (regarding the responsibility for creating a miscarriage of justice) and the case of former legislator Lee Chin-An (regarding the culpability of Lee's fraudulent conduct). To sum up, we could see problems of over-punishment and under-punishment in the field of criminal law. These problems are partially caused by the punitive mentalities prevalent in the society that has affected the content of the law. Thus, what scholars could do is little. The problems are partially caused by theoretical insufficiency. In this respect, only a few of them could be mended by the better theorization. But what scholars could do is still not optimistic.

並列關鍵字

corruption ； fraudulent ； property crimes of unknown origin ； offense of unsafe driving ； offenses of providing false statements to government officials ； aggravated theft ； shifting punishment ； contraband ； principle of accountability ； recidivist