Begin with the history of culpa in contrahendo. this paper expatiates on the theory of culpa in contrahendo, its definition x applying x the legal and social reasons of its come into being.

• 在概括性的分析了缔约过失责任在租船合同中的表现后，分航次租船合同、定期租船合同和光船租赁合同三部分分别介绍缔约过失责任在这些合同中的特殊表现。