Abstract
This is a report of the RCSL (Research Committee on Sociology of Law, International Sociological Association)’s Jubilee Ceremonial Conference and recent activities. Part I is an introduction of the RCSL and ISA. Part II deals with the second ISA forum of sociology in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which was held in August, 2012. Part III is an observation of the RCSL Jubilee Ceremonial Conference, which took place in Warsaw, Poland in October, 2012. It touches on a paper titled “Public Sociology of Law in Japan?: Life and Works of Michitaka Kaino,” which was presented by the author inspired by the plenary session of the ISA forum in Buenos Aires featuring “public sociology.” Part IV invites readers to the 18th ISA Sociology World Congress, which is scheduled to be held in July of 2014 at Yokohama, Japan.
