Interpretation and Application of Economic Criminal Laws from Theoretical Bases

“法益”概念，即受刑事保护的法益，在恰当的语境下，对把握现代经济犯罪的核心和解释相关刑事法规仍有一定的作用。然而，为了加强对经济法的刑事保护，在设计执法框架时，应利用从所谓的规范理论中衍生出来的实质性概念，如公司或组织文化和景观。遗憾的是，在日本经济刑法理论和实践中，对法的概念及其背景政策的理解存在问题，对规范论的实体概念的接受也相当消极。

The concept Rechtsgut, i.e. a criminally-protected-legal-interest, is still functional in grasping the core of modern economic crimes and in interpreting related criminal statutes, when it is used in a proper context. To enhance the criminal protection of economic Rechtsgut, however, substantive concepts derived from the so-called Norm Theory, such as Corporate or Organizational Culture and Landscape, should be utilized in designing the enforcement framework. Regrettably, in Japanese economic criminal law theories and practice, the understanding of the Rechtsgut concept and its background policy is problematic, and also the acceptance of substantive concepts of the Norm Theory is quite inactive.