A Study of Compensation for spiritual damages in Chinese State Compensation
Abstract
Undoubtedly, the establishment of the State Compensation System is one of Chinese largest improvements, which gives right to the citizens to require their compensations from State Right Division which caused by government tort. This system supervises the officers to do everything according to laws as well as protects the citizens’ legal rights, meanwhile, it realizes the justice of the society. However, the continuous wrong cases happened in recently years indicated the disadvantage of the State Compensation–not any related regulations in this law are about the compensation for mental injury. Therefore, the citizen legal rights can’t be protected completely and the establishment of the harmony society is be hindered because of this disadvantage. Based on the shortage of the State Compensation in its content, this thesis aims to analyze the historic and realistic reasons why our country has not established the system of compensation for mental injury yet. Then the author further formulates the necessary and possibility of establishing the system of compensation for mental injury in this law. What’s more, the author mentions some viewpoints on improving the mental injury compensation system in the current state compensation system according to our national conditions.
Key Words: Compensation for Spiritual Damages, State Compensation, Government Tort