从美国法律史的视野出发对海事法的发展进行研究,发现海事法在美国法发展过程中的作用不应被低估:首先,殖民地海事司法的历史对美国宪政根基的奠立起着重要的作用;其次,在美国法发展历程中,海事司法也积极地参与到了美国现代法治形态建构之中;最后,就当代美国海事司法的特征以及海事法律教育提出观点,并阐述海商司法呈现出的一些新的发展动向。 The study of the development of maritime law from the perspective of American legal history shows that the role of maritime law in the development of American law should not be underestimated. First, the history of colonial maritime justice plays an important role in laying the foundations of constitutionalism in the United States Secondly, in the course of the development of American law, maritime justice also actively participates in the construction of the modern legal system in the United States. Finally, it puts forward the viewpoints on the characteristics of contemporary American maritime justice as well as maritime law education and expounds some New development trends.