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Perspectives on Chinese establishing state compensation system for victim of crimes

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The theory of recovering social justice, public remedy to rights, balance of interests and value of benefits are the basis for the establishment of state compensation system for victim of crimes, which is necessary and feasible in China. In accordance with the principles of obtaining justice and fair treatment, relying mainly on the offender’s compensation, supplemented by state compensation, state compensation with certain conditions, state compensation in due process, and the degree of compensation proportionate to the extent of damage, the related criminal legislation should provide the scope of subjects eligible for compensation, the object and limit of compensation, the competent agency of compensation, the procedure of compensation and so on.

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恢复社会正义理论、 权利的公力救济理论、 利益权衡理论与效益价值理论等是构建刑事被害人国家补偿制度之基础。 在中国, 建立刑事被害人国家补偿制度具有必要性和可行性。 刑事立法应当在遵循取得公理和公平待遇, 以犯罪人赔偿为主、 以国家补偿为辅、 国家补偿的有条件性、 国家补偿程序的公正性、 补偿的力度与损害的程度相适应等原则的前提下, 就补偿的主体范围、 补偿的对象和限度、 补偿的决定机关、 补偿的程序等问题做出规定。

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Translated from Faxue Yanjiu 法学研究 (Chinese Journal of Law), 2007, 29(2): 53–62

Sun Qian, professor and tutor of doctorate candidates, is presently a deputy prosecutor-general of the Supreme Procuratorate with the title of Grand Prosecutor of China. He once held posts as director of former Prosecutor-General’s Secretariat, deputy director-general of the Criminal Prosecution Department, president of the National Prosecutors’ College, and chief prosecutor of Jiangxi Province. Prosecutor Sun, also vice president of China Law Society and vice president of China Society of Prosecutors, specializing in criminal system and criminal law, has released more than 100 theses in academic journals such as Journal of Law and China Legal Science and published more than 20 books as author or editor. In 2004, he was nominated as a member of the “First Group of National Talents Project in the 21st Century” launched by seven central ministries of China. Moreover, Deputy Prosecutor-General Sun was once a representative of the 10th National People’s Congress of China.

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Sun, Q. Perspectives on Chinese establishing state compensation system for victim of crimes. Front. Law China 3, 388–407 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11463-008-0018-4

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