On the Typo-Construction of Tort Capacity of Minors

The system of liability for damage caused by minors has always been a difficult problem in the field of the civil law, and there are also major disputes during the drafting of the tort liability law and civil code. The core of the liability system of the damage caused by minors lies in the system of the tort capacity of minors, which depends on the internal value system that the legal system aims to realize. Since the publication of the General Principles of Civil Law(1986), the Chinese tort law has completely denied the responsibility capacity of minors, so that their guardians should bear the legal responsibility. Although this legislation mode has realized the value of fully protecting the interests of victims and minors, it does not take into account the value pursued by other modern tort laws. The new research results in jurisprudence, psychology, anthropology, sociology, pedagogy and economics point out that the capacity of minors should be further classified according to their age, that is to say, into absolute incapacity and relative incapacity. Only in this way many values pursued by the modern civil law systems can be balanced,such as preventing damage,compensating victims,cultivating minors,and encouraging parents to bear and raise children.