关键词: 通奸, 社会相当性, 情节, 轻刑化

Abstract: Adultery has serious social harm and infringe interests of social law. Based on the dual perspective of history and reality, adultery is characterized as worthless and does not meet the social correspondence. We must take adultery into criminal regulation. However, adultery has its own special feature and private nature, so to distinguish the boundaries between crime and innocence, felony and misdemeanor is vitally important. Then, we can make correct conviction and sentence and achieve the purpose of criminal law.

Key words: adultery, social relevance, circumstance, light punishment