Weber and Simmel on the formation of norms, rules and laws

In this dialogue, Simmel and Weber meet in Berlin in 1907 and talk about rules and regularities in social life. Their conversation revolves around two editions of a book by Rudolf Stammler, which Simmel had reviewed about 10 years before and which Weber planned to review in the near future. After a discussion about the German card game Skat, they encounter the double meaning of ‘rule’ as both a description of a process and a normative expectation. They situate this within their respective works and develop new ideas for what would become Weber’s basic sociological terms.