This article mainly suggests that the aim of criminal law is protecting legal interests while the essence of crime is violating legel interests. The article expounds the implication of the theory of violating legel interests and differentiates this theory with the theory of violating norms. And the auther explores the rationality of the theroy of violating legal interests, then demonstrates that the Criminal Law of China(1997) have adopted this theory. Further more, the auther analyses the phenomina which ignore the aim of protecting legal interests. Thus, the auther advocates that it is necessary to apply the theory of violating legal interests comprehensively. |