人性情理法意-中国法制史学会.PDF

人性、情理、法意 ──親親相隱的傳統與當代 黃源盛∗ 摘要 人民有違法行為，從「法律之前，人人平等」的立法精神來 講，不宜因身分關係而有不同的對待，自應鼓勵其他人民告發，但 就人性掙扎的價值抉擇言，則或不然？此時，該何去何從？這是耐 人尋味而值得深思的課題。而揆諸中國歷代法制規範，自漢以迄清 末，有關親親相隱制幾乎代代相沿，少有更動；至於民國台灣百年 多來的刑事法中仍多所保留，甚至外國絕大多數國家的立法例，似 乎也選擇了親親得相為容隱的立法政策，何以致之？ 值得探討的是，親親相隱制起源的歷史背景為何？容隱制進入 刑律規範的立意何在？容隱制存在於傳統中國及當代的民國刑法， 垂二千餘年而不輟，其根本原因是什麼？1949年以後同屬華人文化 圈的中國大陸何以捨棄親屬容隱制？今後的走向會是如何？以比較 立法例的觀念看來，容隱制的社會意義和價值是什麼？從兩岸華人 社會最近的修法動向又如何理解家族倫理與國民義務之間的消長關 係？凡此大哉之問，本文試著從刑法文化史與當代刑事法學的觀 點，一方面著重在規範流變的史實描述，另一方面從史觀詮釋其背 後的理論基礎，並尋繹其歷史與時代的雙重意義。 關鍵字：親親相隱、親屬拒絕證言、晚清民國刑法、情理法 * 輔仁大學法律系教授、中央研究院歷史語言研究所兼任研究員。 198 《法制史研究》第二十九期 Human Nature, Ethical Reasoning and Legal Principle: The Past and Present of the Immunity of Mutual Concealment among Relatives * Huang Yuan Sheng Abstract According to the principle of legal equality, the law shall not only be free from differential treatments, but also actively encourage people to report or testify criminal offences. However, contradictorily, it seemed to be against the Human Nature to ask people turning in the criminals who are related to them. Seeking a proper solution to these interest conflicts has always been an appealing and worth pondering issue. From Han to the late Qing, the legal immunity of mutual concealment among relatives was hardly touched throughout dynasties, and kept remaining in the subsequent criminal laws of the Republic. Similarly, most of the countries in the modern world have also established comparable legislative policies as well. There shall be a pervasive interpretation to these legal phenomena.