《中华人民共和国海商法》是我国第一部调整海上运输关系、船舶关系的专门性法律,它的颁布标志着我国海事法律的进一步完善,从而填补了我国法制建设中的一项空白。 (一) 海商法的立法形式。从目前各国海商法的立法情况来看,海商立法大致有三种形式:第一种是国家立法机关制定统一的海商法典;第二种是国家立法机关和政府主管部门制定单行法规;第三种是既制定统一的海商法典,又制定各种单行法规。我国《海商法》属第三种形式。建国以来颁布的一系列单行海商法规,已经基本构成了具有我国特色的海商立法体系,使一部分属于海商法范围的内容,早有了单独的法律调整。因此,我国《海商法》的制定就不再以单纯地 The “Maritime Code of the People’s Republic of China” is China’s first special law regulating maritime transport relations and relations with ships. Its promulgation marks the further improvement of China’s maritime law and thus fills a gap in the legal construction of our country. (A) the legal form of maritime law. From the current maritime law legislation in various countries, there are basically three forms of maritime law: the first is the national legislature to formulate a unified maritime code; the second is the national legislature and the government department to formulate a single law; the third Species is not only the development of a unified Maritime Code, but also develop a variety of individual laws and regulations. China’s “Maritime Law” is the third form. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a series of single-line maritime laws and regulations promulgated since the founding of the People’s Republic of China have basically constituted a maritime legal system with Chinese characteristics. As a result, part of the contents of maritime law have long been subject to separate legal adjustments. Therefore, the formulation of China’s “maritime law” will no longer be simple