Word: pragmatist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have incorporated a huge amount of social justice into our legal fabric. But we have no coherent-or generally received-philosophy of government and law to match our actual performance. Here is a classic example of social facts outrunning social theory. This is a strong point for the pragmatist; he may say, with pride, the less theory, the better the practice. But it may also be said that pragmatism has come to the end of its rope...