Book Review:
Joan Tronto, Law and Modernity: The Significance of Max Weber’s Sociology of Law (reviewing Anthony Kronman's Max Weber), 63 Texas L. Rev. 565 (1984).
 

Abstract:
In “Law and Modernity.” Joan Tronto reviews and criticizes Anthony Kronman’s Book “Max Weber.” In “Max Weber,” Kronman attempts to identify certain philosophical assumptions that underlie and unify Weber’s essay “Sociology of Law,” or “Rechtssoziologie.” According to Tronto, Kronman presents three primary arguments. First, Kronman claims that the concepts of positivity of values and will-centered conception of personhood lend coherence to Weber’s sociology of law. Second, Kronman contends that those two concepts are helpful in explaining Weber’s entire sociology, especially his concern with the nature of modernity. Third, Kronman asserts that “Sociology of Law” is consistent with and crucial to Weber’s other writings. Tronto agrees with Kronman’s conclusion that Weber’s basic philosophical concerns inform his sociology of law. However, Tronto devotes the bulk of his review to attemptoing to demonstrate the Kronman misunderstands the most fundamental implications of Weber’s theory of sociology.