本文為儘量就題目作深入的探討，並力求不疏不漏，所以把討論的範圍限於由（船舶」所引起的海洋污染問題。
本文共分七章，第一章為導論，廣泛敍明污染的定義、種類及發生的原因，然後詳細介紹由船舶引起的油料污染問題，以期使讀者了解問題產生的原因和避免與控制油污方法。
第二、三章介紹現行的國際法規則，分為習慣國際法及關於防止污染公約兩大類加以討論。污染是人類社會工業化的結果，是近代的產物，防止污染的國際法，初由少數法律原則類推準用，發展到詳細規定船舶的傾洩標準、船舶的構造與設備標準，以防患於未然。但「徒法不足以自行」，法律之執行實為決定法律強弱的標準，國際法沒有強制執行的中央機關，因此仍然是弱法。在現行制度下，有關防止污染的規則大多由船旗國及沿岸國執行，這是「海洋自由」及「主權」兩原則不得已的折衷。
本文第四章指出現行防止海洋汙染規則的缺點，說明它不足以避免海洋不受污染，也不能保護沿岸國的利益和航行自由。本章也談到「便宜船籍」問題．並敍明「便宜船籍」不是海洋污染問題的唯一障礙。
第五、六兩章略論何為船舶油料污染問題應行之法律。先對過去十年中各國所提之草案、學者之意見，加以整理、分析。分別列入四節，卽（1）超國家組織之建立及普遍性管轄、（2）加重船旗國責任、（3）擴張沿岸國管轄權，及（4）建立港口國管轄權等四節。除（1）外，其餘三點均已被納入「聯合國第三次海洋法會議」的「非正式綜合協商案文」中。海洋法會議能否在一九八○年達成協議，會議所通過的公約又會在何時生效，都難以預測，因此該文件的重要性更為突出，也因此而於第六章分析其有關條文。
本文的結論有下列數點：
(1)防止船舶污染海洋之規則，經由國際組織，特別是「政府間海事諮詢組織」及國際會議研究後，已趨成熟階段，現在的問題不是有無規則或規則內容為何，而是規則能否有效執行。
(2)海洋自由原則雖屢遭破壞，海洋公共秩序仍應繼續維護．其秩序中的防止污染事項，船旗國仍應負主要責任，並應對其在公海上船舶行使管轄，但是，為了避免某些船旗國不能或不願嚴格管轄的弊病，在若干情況下，沿岸國或港口國也應該可以行使管轄權。
(3)沿岸國擴張其管轄的海域，似乎不可避免了，但過度的擴張，對國際船運貿易並非有利，沿岸國能不能管制擴大了的海域，也值得懷疑，故沿岸國在其「專屬經濟區」內的權限，應加限制。
(4)港口國管轄實為最有效之防止污染原則，其優點是在適當的限制下，不過於妨礙正常航運之進行。港口國應以維護海洋環境為己任，如果只是自掃門前雪，則海洋環境將慘遭污染的命運。
(5)「非正式綜合協商案文」頗能顧及各種重要利益，又納入了不可避免的政治妥協，
應是一份可接受的文件；它也能代表海洋國際法在這方面發展的方向。
台灣四面環海，台灣海峽為國際海運孔道，油輪由波斯灣前往日本和韓國均須經過這海峽，它們已傾洩的油料真不知多少。我國也仰賴進口原油，更不可輕視污染的威脅，布拉格輪事件可為殷鑑。我國最近雖不參加防止海洋污染的國際會議，但對有關的國際法發展趨向，仍應經常多加注意，以防止國家利益遭受無謂的損害。
本文僅討論國際法部分，雖然私法的防止海洋污染的規則（如海商、保險的法律）在實務上也很重要，其重要性不容忽視，但因筆者的能力不足，無法詳述。
最後，筆者要向家人及師長們的關心，表示十萬分的感激，尤其是指導教授陳治世博士，在百忙中仔細修改，使文字、內容上都得到改進，特別在此致最高的敬意。

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