A Simple Analysis on the Complementary Norm in Blank Penal Code and Its Retroactivity;

The time limit of legislative explanation of criminal law includes the effective date,revocation date,and retroactivity.

According to our Contract Law, the system of cancellation of contract can be classified into two categories, namely, cancellation by agreement or through exercising right of cancellation, which leads to cross conflicts between termination of contract and cancellation of contract, resulting in logical contradictions in the retroactivity of cancellation of contract.

It is a complicated issue whether the jurisdiction of international tribunals has a retroactive effect.

The new criminal law of The People s Republic of China adopts the principle “in accordance with the old and light law” in the question of retroactive effect, and this is the important exhibition of the development of our criminal law in the direction of science and democratization.

The Change of Criminal Norms and Its Retroaction

Namely,this provision affirms retroaction of limitations of prosecution.

Theoretically there are two viewpoints about retroaction and matter adjudged of criminal law: principle of mutuality and principle of separation.

The paper presents a thorough review of the viewpoints on retroactivity of laws from various theoretical schools in history,and points out,based on a series of reflections of these viewpoints,that a question of value orientation exists behind the issue of retroactivity of laws.