回顧去年度刑事實體法相關的實務見解，本文嘗試從憲法秩序下刑法人權保障機能的內涵與判斷標準此種觀點，整理出一些合適的判決，然後從中逐一檢視我國刑事司法實務中對於哪些法益需要被保障、藉由刑罰而宣告某法益應該被保護時的手段是否合理的判斷標準等，是否理論一貫（特別是基於刑法謙抑性的罪刑法定主義實質要求所建構出來的理論），抑或有矛盾之處。依此趣旨，本文首先就釋字第662號和第664號兩則大法官解釋予以檢討，前者涉及易科罰金制度的問題，後者則有關少年事件處理法中對於虞犯少年的處遇規定；再根據檢討所得，分別探討去年刑事判決中有關沒收的比例原則、集合犯的判斷標準、中性幫助行為的意涵以及原住民文化衝突諸議題，並總結對實務判決觀察的結果。

Reviewing the cases on criminal law last year, the current study aims to collect some adequate cases from the perspective of the content and the judgment criteria of the human right protecting function in criminal law under the constitutional order. The chosen cases have been examined case by case in terms of their consistency with theories, especially the theories which are built by the substantive demands of ”Nulla poena sine lege (no penalty without a law)” due to limiting criminal law, or self-contradiction. In accordance with mentioned above, two interpretations by the Justices of the Constitutional Court will be discussed first. One is Interpretation No.662, which refers to the Convert Imprisonment into Fine; the other is Interpretation No.664, concerning the treatments of the juvenile delinquents in the Juvenile Proceeding Act. The present research discusses further the following issues from last year's criminal judgments: the Principle of Proportionality application in confiscation, the criteria of aggregate offenses, the content of neutral behaviors and the cultural conflict between aboriginal and Chinese cultures. At last, the result of these case observations will be concluded.