摘要:针对我国取保候审制度存在的诸多不足之处,我们有必要引进英国的保释制度。英国的保释制度作为一项刑事诉讼制度,在保障犯罪嫌疑人、被告人的人身自由权利,保证诉讼程序的正常进行等方面发挥着重要作用。本文拟就保释制度与我国的取保候审制度进行比较研究,以便能完善我国的取保候审制度,权当抛砖引玉。
本文正文分四个部分。第一部分论述取保候审在我国的现状。包括取保候审在我国的发展现状和取保候审存在的问题。第二部分对英国保释制度进行考察。考察内容包括英国保释制度的历史演进、英国保释制度的基本内容及英国保释制度的理念基础。第三部分将我国的取保候审与英国的保释制度进行比较。为借鉴英国保释制度完善我国取保候审作铺垫。第四部分笔者就如何借鉴英国保释制度,完善我国取保候审制度进行论述。笔者先对我国取保候审改革进行宏观的思考,在转变诉讼观念的前提下将取保候审的性质从强制措施的权力性质转变为保障人权的权利性质;然后笔者对我国取保候审改革进行了微观的思考,具体从五方面来借鉴英国的保释制度,完善我国的取保候审制度,使之与我国建设现代法治国家的目标相适应。
关键词:取保候审,保释,完善
Abstract
As the system of posting a bail and awaiting trial with restricted liberty of moving has something inadequate, it is necessary for us to recommend bail system used in England. The bail system in England, as a system of administrative lawsuit, plays an indispensable role in guaranteeing suspect, defendant’s personal freedom rights, and guaranteeing the normal process of judicial proceeding, etc. This paper focuses on the comparison between the bail system and the system of posting a bail and awaiting trial with restricted liberty of moving in China. In such a way, the system of posting a bail and awaiting trial with restricted liberty of moving will be more perfect. It is just like a volunteer to give an opinion so that others may follow suit.
There are four parts in body of the paper. In the first part, the author introduces the present situation on the system of posting a bail and awaiting trial with restricted liberty of moving in China, including its development and problem at present. In the second part, the author makes an investigation of the system of posting a bail and awaiting trial with restricted liberty of moving in England, including the development of its history, the basic content of it, and the idea basis of it. In the third part, a comparison on the system of posting a bail and awaiting trial with restricted liberty of moving is made between China and England, which makes a preparation to the next part. In the fourth part, the author discusses the way how to improve the system of posting a bail and awaiting trial with restricted liberty of moving in China by drawing on the experience of bail system in England. It will be discussed from two aspects in the following: On the one hand, the author thinks deeply on the improvement of the system of posting a bail and awaiting trial with restricted liberty of moving from a macroscopic perspective. In the basis of transforming lawsuit concept, the author aims to transform the nature of the system of posting a bail and awaiting trial with restricted liberty of moving from mandatory measures to the guarantee of human rights. On the other hand, the author thinks deeply on the system of posting a bail and awaiting trial with restricted liberty of moving from a microcosmic perspective. The improvement on the system of posting a bail and awaiting trial with restricted liberty of moving in China, which benefits by England’s experience, is revealed in five aspects in detail, so that the system will be adaptable to the goal of China’s establishment of a modern country with perfect law.
Keywords:Bail system,Bail out,Perfect
前 言
在我国刑事司法实践中,长期羁押、超期羁押等现象屡见不鲜,取保候审这一强制措施没有很好地被适用,犯罪嫌疑人、被告人在羁押状态下接受讯问以及等候审判,是绝大多数刑事案件的常态。普遍适用羁押不但增加了我国执法和司法的成本,浪费司法资源,导致犯罪嫌疑人、被告人家庭生活及社会关系紊乱,还会为执法人员滥用司法权力侵犯犯罪嫌疑人、被告人的合法权益提供便利,羁押权的滥用成为刑事诉讼中的一大顽症。究其原因,笔者认为,是由于我国在刑事强制措施的制度设计上存在缺陷,难以达到“限制国家权力、保障基本人权”这一现代法治理念的要求。纵观西方英国的刑事诉讼法,为了防止司法机关长期羁押、超期羁押等重大侵犯公民人身权利行为的发生,在制度设计上,充分考虑公民所应有的合法权利,以免因制度缺位造成对公民基本人权的侵害。在英美法系国家里,犯罪嫌疑人、被告人被逮捕强制到案以后,除了特殊情况外,一般都能够获得保释,即“保释是常态,羁押只是例外”。与此同时,绝大多数国家都有比较健全的保释制度,以确保犯罪嫌疑人、被告人的人身自由不受来自司法机关的非法侵犯。