CAJ | 학술논문

我国刑法中的因果关系无论在理论研究还是司法实务领域都存在一定程度的混乱与迷惑，这在很大程度上与因果关系理论功能定位不清有关。我国现行的因果关系理论除了进行事实判断之外，还承担了规范归责的功能。因果关系应当解决的是构成要件行为与构成要件结果之间是否存在客观关联的问题，而结果能否归责于行为则是刑法归责理论的任务。客观归责理论的贡献在于，在承认条件因果关系的前提下，跨越自然科学性的事实审查而进入价值性、规范性审查的阶段。客观归责理论除了提供判断规则之外，也许更重要的是提供了一种逻辑思维方法，促使我国刑法中的因果关系回归事实判断的功能定位，克服我国因果关系理论哲学色彩浓厚、判断标准不一的弊端。
아국형법중적인과관계무론재이론연구환시사법실무영역도존재일정정도적혼란여미혹，저재흔대정도상여인과관계이론공능정위불청유관。아국현행적인과관계이론제료진행사실판단지외，환승담료규범귀책적공능。인과관계응당해결적시구성요건행위여구성요건결과지간시부존재객관관련적문제，이결과능부귀책우행위칙시형법귀책이론적임무。객관귀책이론적공헌재우，재승인조건인과관계적전제하，과월자연과학성적사실심사이진입개치성、규범성심사적계단。객관귀책이론제료제공판단규칙지외，야허경중요적시제공료일충라집사유방법，촉사아국형법중적인과관계회귀사실판단적공능정위，극복아국인과관계이론철학색채농후、판단표준불일적폐단。
Research and practice of causality in Chinese criminal law circle seems far from satisfactory, which in a large degree attributes to implicitness of functional status of theory of causality. In China, theory of causation is expected too much. Apart from facts finding, it is employed to regulate imputation. What causality really concerns is to ascertain whether an objective nexus exists between the cause and effect, while it is the ob- jective imputation theory that is employed to determine whether the effect will attribute to the cause. Thus, the objective imputation theory, on the premise of recognition of causality, while skipping over facts finding that falls within the ambit of natural science, centers on examination of values and norms. In addition to afford jud- ging rules, more worthy deed of the objective imputation theory is perhaps to serve as a logic thinking approach that encourages people to restate causality＇ s function of facts judgment and conduce to curing defects in China＇ s criminal law regime concerning the causality theory, such as too heavy philosophical color, inconsistent judgment tests, etc.