Abstract
I have reported in this statement on "Zaisanku" from the socio-legal point of view. "Zaisanku" is a concept which refers to the legal property, such as forests and fields, over which an entity has control. This entity may be regarded as a quasi municipal or other local corporation, since it may consist of inhabitants or so-called "commoners" of the area where such forests and fields are located. Commoners have a right of common which can be exercised in the land of others. The rights of the commoners in relation to such property have a historical base or origin, and we must study "Zaisanku" as a problem which presents contradictions or inconsistencies between law and reality.
I approach this problem in my study on the basis of my research related to the realities of "Zaisanku" and the inhabitants consciousness or awareness of the problem in the town of Kawazu in Shizuoka Prefecture. I have suggested an indication that "Zaisanku" is not the legal property of that town but the property of a new autonomous body of inhabitants, including commoners who have a right of common.
