2012 Volume 2012 Issue 77 Pages 234-240
This article is an introduction to the discussions in the panel sessions in 2012 International Law and Society Conference in Honolulu. Its main focus was on the discussion in the JASL/CRN33 Featured Session 3210, “Classic Japanese Theories of Sociology of Law: Their Values in the Age of Globalization.” The aim of this session was to revive the discussion of classical Japanese theories of sociology of law in the context of current globalized society, in order to get instructions for the general theory of sociology of law. The classical Japanese theories of sociology of law give us good suggestions from the viewpoint of the importer of the legal transplantation, who is not passive but active. It is an important instruction to the general theory of sociology of law in the globalized society. There were a lot of panel sessions which discussed the local socio legal issues from the view points of general theory of sociology of law. This article also introduces the discussions in such panel sessions.
