很高兴受邀来作这个讲座,今天我讲的主题是“法治与刑事诉讼程序”。讲座分为两部分,首先谈一下何谓法治,有哪些对于法治的理解范式,然后再进一步阐述法治原则在刑事诉讼程序中的适用。法治的理解范式及程序法治的含义在当今世界,法治得到广泛推崇。例如1948年《世界人权宣言》序言写道:鉴于为使人类不致于不得已而诉诸最后手段——对暴政和压迫进行反抗,必须使人权受到法治的保护。再如1976年 I am very pleased to be invited to make this lecture. Today, the theme I am talking about is “Rule of Law and Criminal Procedure.” The lecture is divided into two parts. First of all, we will talk about what is the rule of law and what is the paradigm of understanding the rule of law before we elaborate on the application of the principle of the rule of law in criminal proceedings. The paradigm of rule of law and the meaning of procedural rule of law In today’s world, the rule of law is widely respected. For example, the preamble of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that human rights must be protected by the rule of law, given the last-resort means to resist tyranny and oppression. Another example is 1976