Maritime law

...However, the provisions of the Maritime Code are applied mutatis mutandis to all seagoing ships that are not directly related to companies by the Ship Law (Article 35), so in that sense the commercial activity-centered approach of the Commercial Code itself has collapsed. In addition, the entire set of laws, including public law, private law, and international law, that relate to all legal relationships that arise with the navigation of a ship are sometimes called maritime law. These laws include the Ship Law, Ship's Officers Law, Ship Safety Law, Law on Prevention of Collisions at Sea, Port Regulations Law, Pilotage Law, Marine Accident Inquiry Law, Seafarers Law, Commercial Law, International Maritime Carriage of Goods Law, Law on Limitation of Liability of Shipowners, etc. (abbreviated as Shipowners' Liability Limitation Law and Shipowners' Limited Liability Law), Oil Pollution Compensation Guarantee Law, Law on Prevention of Marine Pollution and Maritime Disasters (abbreviated as Marine Pollution Prevention Law), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (abbreviated as UNCLOS), and many others.

*Some explanations of terms that refer to "maritime law" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…しかし，海商法の規定は，船舶法(35条)によって，企業とは直接関係のないすべての航海船に準用されるので，その意味で商法そのものの商行為中心主義は破綻を生じている。また，船舶の航行に伴って生ずるあらゆる法律関係に関連のある公法，私法，国際法などの法規の全体を〈海法maritime law〉と呼ぶこともある。これらの法規には船舶法，船舶職員法，船舶安全法，海上衝突予防法，港則法，水先法，海難審判法，船員法，商法，国際海上物品運送法，〈船舶の所有者等の責任の制限に関する法律〉(船主責任制限法，船主有限責任法と略称)，油濁損害賠償保障法，〈海洋汚染及び海上災害の防止に関する法律〉(海洋汚染防止法と略称)，〈海洋法に関する国際連合条約〉(国連海洋法条約と略称)などのほか，数多くのものがある。…

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