我国关于立功制度的规定在司法实践中往往引发争论,这种争论源自对立功的立法精神的不同理解。在实践中,司法人员和学者针对检举、揭发他人犯罪和提供他人犯罪线索型立功问题及协助司法机关抓捕其他犯罪嫌疑人(包括同案犯)型立功问题的争论尤为激烈。笔者认为,立功的正确认定需要从犯人的主观悔过性和客观有效性进行综合分析,对于一些特例则需要个别分析方能得出公正的结论。 Our country’s provisions on the meritorious service system often lead to controversy in judicial practice. This kind of dispute stems from the different understandings of the legislative spirit of meritorious service. In practice, the debates among judicial officers and academics about the merits of citing and exposing others to criminal crimes and providing clue to others’ criminal clues and helping the judiciary capture the merits of other criminal suspects (including accomplices) are particularly fierce. The author believes that the correct identification of meritorious service requires a comprehensive analysis of the subjective repentance and objective validity of prisoners. For some special cases, individual analyzes are needed to reach a fair conclusion.