Laura R Ford
Biographic Data
| ID | 358189 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura R Ford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura R |
| FAMILY NAME | Ford |
| SIGNATURE | FORD L R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bard College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9835-5197 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Was Max Weber a Legal Positivist
Conflict, Consensus, and Gift Exchange
Sociological Faith
Divine Positive Law
In his essay on The Developmental Conditions of the Law, Max Weber highlighted the importance of the Western natural law tradition. Western natural law, Weber argued, has contributed both to formalistic legality and to substantive ethics, in ways that have been both revolutionary and constitutive for modernity. In this essay I propose that careful attention to Weber’s arguments in Ancient Judaism helps us to better understand the development of h…
The Intellectual Property of Nations
Drawing on macro-historical sociological theories, this book traces the development of intellectual property as a new type of legal property in the modern nation-state system. In its current form, intellectual property is considered part of an infrastructure of state power that incentivizes innovation, creativity, and scientific development, all engines of economic growth. To show how this infrastructure of power emerged, Laura Ford follows macro…
Intellectual Property of Nations
The Future of Sociology’s History
Recognizing Rhetoric in Sociological Theory
Law and the Development of Capitalism
The relationship between law and capitalism was of central interest to Max Weber. His legal training sensitized Weber from the beginning of his scholarly career to the social and historical significance of law, a sensitivity that was reflected in his wide-ranging studies of capitalism. This chapter focuses on the linkages between law and capitalism that Weber elucidates in Economy and Society and in other works ranging from his dissertation and h…
Judicial Social Theorizing and Its Relation to Sociology
Property
This entry provides a brief historical reflection on the social theory of property. Through this historical reflection, property is shown to be inherently social and political.
Dharma and Natural Law
In this essay, I argue that Max Weber's treatment of the western natural law tradition, in comparison to Hindu legal traditions, enables us to see his sociology of law from a revealing angle. In particular, this comparison directs our attention to important complications of meaning in Weber's famous contrast between formal and substantive rationality in law. I contend that, in his encounter with the Dharmaśāstras, Weber met jurisprudential treati…
Intellectual property and industrialization
Private Property and Public Power
Re-envisioning the History of Sociology
Semantic Ordering as an Organizing Force An Interpretation of Max Weber's Sociological Theory of Property
This article presents an interpretation of Max Weber's sociological theory of property, seeking to illustrate the contemporary relevance of that theory vis-à-vis the emergence and expansion of 'intellectual property' (patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets). The argument proceeds in three stages. First, I propose that property is, for Weber, a 'three-dimensional' social phenomenon: symbolic, structural, and material. Second, I propose …
Max Weber on Property
In this article, Laura Ford explores Max Weber's writings on the subject of property. Weber, in his first dissertation, articulated legally and historically, the conception of property as a phenomenon that was dependent on organised social relationships and somewhat closed to outside participation. Later, he formulated this conception sociologically and systematically connected it to additional concepts. Ford engages with Weber's work in three br…
Intellectual property and industrialization
Semantic Ordering as an Organizing Force An Interpretation of Max Weber's Sociological Theory of Property
This article presents an interpretation of Max Weber's sociological theory of property, seeking to illustrate the contemporary relevance of that theory vis-à-vis the emergence and expansion of 'intellectual property' (patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets). The argument proceeds in three stages. First, I propose that property is, for Weber, a 'three-dimensional' social phenomenon: symbolic, structural, and material. Second, I propose …
Sociological Faith
The Future of Sociology’s History
Judicial Social Theorizing and Its Relation to Sociology
Re-envisioning the History of Sociology
Max Weber on Property
In this article, Laura Ford explores Max Weber's writings on the subject of property. Weber, in his first dissertation, articulated legally and historically, the conception of property as a phenomenon that was dependent on organised social relationships and somewhat closed to outside participation. Later, he formulated this conception sociologically and systematically connected it to additional concepts. Ford engages with Weber's work in three br…
Semantic Ordering as an Organizing Force An Interpretation of Max Weber's Sociological Theory of Property
This article presents an interpretation of Max Weber's sociological theory of property, seeking to illustrate the contemporary relevance of that theory vis-à-vis the emergence and expansion of 'intellectual property' (patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets). The argument proceeds in three stages. First, I propose that property is, for Weber, a 'three-dimensional' social phenomenon: symbolic, structural, and material. Second, I propose …
Re-envisioning the History of Sociology
Private Property and Public Power
Property
This entry provides a brief historical reflection on the social theory of property. Through this historical reflection, property is shown to be inherently social and political.
Dharma and Natural Law
In this essay, I argue that Max Weber's treatment of the western natural law tradition, in comparison to Hindu legal traditions, enables us to see his sociology of law from a revealing angle. In particular, this comparison directs our attention to important complications of meaning in Weber's famous contrast between formal and substantive rationality in law. I contend that, in his encounter with the Dharmaśāstras, Weber met jurisprudential treati…
Intellectual property and industrialization
Law and the Development of Capitalism
The relationship between law and capitalism was of central interest to Max Weber. His legal training sensitized Weber from the beginning of his scholarly career to the social and historical significance of law, a sensitivity that was reflected in his wide-ranging studies of capitalism. This chapter focuses on the linkages between law and capitalism that Weber elucidates in Economy and Society and in other works ranging from his dissertation and h…
Judicial Social Theorizing and Its Relation to Sociology
Recognizing Rhetoric in Sociological Theory
The Intellectual Property of Nations
Drawing on macro-historical sociological theories, this book traces the development of intellectual property as a new type of legal property in the modern nation-state system. In its current form, intellectual property is considered part of an infrastructure of state power that incentivizes innovation, creativity, and scientific development, all engines of economic growth. To show how this infrastructure of power emerged, Laura Ford follows macro…
Intellectual Property of Nations
The Future of Sociology’s History
Divine Positive Law
In his essay on The Developmental Conditions of the Law, Max Weber highlighted the importance of the Western natural law tradition. Western natural law, Weber argued, has contributed both to formalistic legality and to substantive ethics, in ways that have been both revolutionary and constitutive for modernity. In this essay I propose that careful attention to Weber’s arguments in Ancient Judaism helps us to better understand the development of h…
Conflict, Consensus, and Gift Exchange
Sociological Faith
Was Max Weber a Legal Positivist
Philosophy (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Epistemology (14 works) · Law (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Social science (8 works) · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)