Abstract
Under the series of "Distinctive" and Universal Feature of Japanese law, we deal with sociology of law in land law.
Land law and problems relating to land have been the main topics in post-war sociology of law. Three great scholars did remarkable achievement in land law. Dr. Masao Fukushima studied the establishment of modern property system in Meiji era, Dr. Takeyoshi Kawashima studied theoretical foundation of law of property and did extensive research on the dissolution of right in common. Dr. Mititaka Kaino studied the early development of right in common in forestry and in 1950s did practical participant observation in a village Kotsunagi in northern Japan.
Scholars of next generation expanded the frontier of studies of various common right including water right, right in fishery, mining right. In 1960s problem of urban land became important and many studies appeared in allocation, price control and regulation.
With these development in view, we picked three topics, right in common, farm land and urban land.
We have three reports on sociology of land law. Professor Nakao, authority on right in common, discusses the modernization of right in common after the Act of 1966 which purports to modernize legal relation. Professor Takahashi reports on law of farm land after the post-war land reform. Third report is Professor Harada's recent development of urban land, regulation, and urban renewal.
