The Chinese State Compensation Law contains a principle of fixation of liability for state compensation, according to which the victim has the right to state compensation only if his damage is caused by the violation of the law by a state organ or functionary. This principle has many defects, such as self-co ntradictio n, incompatibility with provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, undue restriction on the victim s right to compensation and inability to scientifically summarize the characters of different items of compensation. In theory, this principle has equaled the liability for compensation with the evaluatory or investigatory liability, rather than remedial liability. In reality, it is only one of the many criteria for the fixation of concrete forms of liability for state compensation, which include liability for the violation of law, liability for wrongs, liability for the consequences, liability without fault and liability for risks. |