Abstract
It is hardly controversial that the modern law is a pivotal element in the process of societal rationalization. But the concept of rationality (or rationalization) is rather vague and ambiguous; even beginning to clarify it requires elements of a social theory. The law is not a quasi-technical, neutral “instrument” which can be applied in any society for any purpose. Rather, as an element of a society's structure it not only codetermines its specific mode of reproduction but informs us about the standard of civilization a society has attained. Throughout this essay I shall take the position that, for reasons of politics, morality, and what I understand to be ongoing requirements of justification in stable societies, we wish to privilege law in some way. This position is closely connected with the quest for legal rationality.
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