英国是普通法法律制度的发源地。长期以来,一方面,判例法在刑事司法制度和诉讼程序中占有举足轻重的位置,对犯罪的侦查、起诉和审判等一系列诉讼活动和程序,缺乏系统的、结构严谨的法典加以调整;另一方面,整个司法机器的运转与大陆法系国家相比,处于一种分散的多元机制。二次大战以后,英国曾对刑事法律进行过改革和调整。在司法制度和 Britain is the birthplace of the common law legal system. For a long time, on the one hand, case law plays a decisive role in criminal justice system and procedure, and a series of litigation activities and procedures such as investigation, prosecution and trial of crime are lacking in systematic and well-structured code to be adjusted. As for the operation of the entire judicial machine, it is in a scattered and diversified mechanism compared with that of civil law countries. After World War II, Britain had carried out reform and adjustment of criminal law. In the judicial system and