抄録
This paper reports the preparatory process and outline of the ISA 18th World Congress of Sociology, which was held in Yokohama in 2014, with an emphasis on the RCSL (RC12) sessions. The ISA Yokohama congress took place for a week from July 13th to 19th and gathered more than six thousand participants. RC12 sessions were carried out as a part of the ISA Yokohama congress for three days and a half from July 14th to the morning of 17th. There were thirteen RC12 sessions with 56 papers, in which 17 were presented by Japanese and members of the Japanese Association of Sociology of Law. Though the sessions were held in a busy season for Japanese universities, the ISA Yokohama congress was fruitful in exchanging ideas from various angles and in finding out new understandings of a traditional discussion. It was a great chance for the participants to hold extensive discussions not limited to socio- legal study results with narrow views. It is expected to have broader socio-legal international exchange circles and to increase the presence of the RCSL in the ISA, as well as for more and more members of the Japanese Association of Sociology of Law to participate in the ISA and RCSL.
