领海,是指一国陆地及其内水以外,处于国家主权之下的一定宽度的海域。关于领海的制度,形成于十八世纪后半叶。这项制度的基本内容是:领海构成国家领土的一部分,沿海国对其享有主权和专属管辖权;同时,在领海内承认外国船舶有无害通过权。在很长的时间里,有关领海的国际法规则散见在个别的国际习惯和条约中。为了使 Territorial sea refers to a certain sea area under the sovereignty of a country other than the land of a country and its internal waters. The territorial sea system, formed in the second half of the eighteenth century. The basic content of the system is that the territorial sea forms part of the national territory and the coastal States enjoy sovereignty and exclusive jurisdiction over it. At the same time, it is recognized within the territorial sea that the foreign ship has the right of innocent passage. For a long time, the rules of international law concerning the territorial sea were scattered among the individual international customs and treaties. because