破解“同命不同价”难题的理论路径

现行人身损害赔偿的司法解释关于城乡差别的死亡赔偿标准引发了社会对"同命不同价"问题的质疑。现行人身损害赔偿的司法解释对死亡赔偿系采取"继承丧失说"解释我国有关法律规定中的死亡赔偿制度,认为死亡赔偿金是对未来收入损失的赔偿,其性质是财产损害赔偿,而不是精神损害赔偿,所以"继承丧失说"是导致"同命不同价"问题的理论根源。"死伤损害说"是批判包括"继承丧失说"在内的人身损害差额化赔偿的一种理论学说。该学说主张将死伤本身作为损害加以把握,将生命被剥夺本身作为一项概括的非财产损害,且对体现生命价值的非财产损害赔偿,应努力地实现类型化和定额化。摒弃死亡赔偿的"继承丧失说",转而以"死伤损害说"实行死亡赔偿金城乡一体的定型化,是破解"同命不同价"难题的理论路径。

A Proper Way in Legal Theory to Crack the Hard Nut of Similar Lives But with Different Values

The different compensations for the death of non-farmers and farmers provided in the Judicial Interpretation of Personal Injury Compensation have provoked a heated debate on the issue of similar lives but with different values. Indeed,the existing Interpretation assumes the doctrine of loss of inheritance to construct the death compensation provided in relevant laws.It considers that death compensation is for the loss of future earnings,which falls within the ambit of property loss compensation rather than ...