The main aim of Professor Kronman's study is to show that Weber's sociology of law, despite its apparently diffuse nature, is closely connected to the other branches of Weber's general social theory--in particular those dealing with authority, religion and economic action--and that it is in fact unified by a few simple philosophical ideas which have their roots in his methodological views and, more particularly, in his theory of value. The book traces the role that Weber's theory of value plays in his sociology of law and in certain other closely related aspects of his theory of social organization (for example, his analysis of what he termed 'the sociological foundations of economic action' and his theory of authority). It thus offers an interpretation of the whole Weber's sociology, an interpretation that is focused on Weber's essay on the sociology of law, the Rechtssoziologie, and which places Weber's theory of law in the context of his other writings. The student in need of an introduction to Weber's sociology of law, and the academic teacher or researcher interested in a synthesis of Weber's work centred on his consideration of law and society, will find in Professor Kronman's study a most clear and scholarly exposition.