Legal Problems Of Maritime Security

Security scheme, an ancient legal system for the protection of civil rights,covers the legal fields of both properties' and credits' rights, the importance and complex of which are beyond any exaggeration. In a strict sense, maritime security is an important and unique part of the whole security laws. And maritime security established with the adoption of Special Maritime ProcedureLaw of PRC, has injected new energy to China's security law in progress. It is a common sense that without correct understanding and proper application, one cannot make the best use of the law. But, due to the limited rules in Special Maritime Procedure Law of PRC and for want of theoretical research and practical probe, the underlying principles of this relatively new legal system of maritime security have not been fully unveiled and some of the problems met in judicial practice not solved yet. These defects shall be redressed as soon as possible.In this dissertation, the author gives a basic understanding of maritime security through the elaboration of its category, definition, nature and characteristics in Chapter one. In Chapter two, emphasis was placed on the analysis of some difficult issues on the basis of a general survey of maritime security in reality. And in Chapter three, from his own working and studying experience, some practical suggestions are made by the author to further develop and improve the research and application of maritime security.