ABSTRACT
Inonewayitseemsabsurdforanydevoteeofthemostbackwardofsocialdisciplinestoattempttodiscussproblemsofmethod insocialscience.Inanotherwayastrongprimafaciecasecan bemadeforlettingalawyerspeak.Outofcontrastcomesclarity. Theverybackwardness1oflawmakesitsmaterialstandtoobservationmorereadilythanisthecaseinthosemoresophisticated sciencesinwhichmenhavelearnedhowerrorofmethodalong onelinecanbeartfullyconcealedunderthemantleofadvance alonganother.Ishallaskyourleave,moreover,toindulgein whatmayseematfirstsightunconscionablerepetitiousnessin recurringagainandagaintothesamephenomena.Forifmyguess isright,heretoomaylieasuggestionforgeneralmethod.It sometimespaystowalkseventimesaroundthewalls.Indifferent contextsthesamefactstakeonnewmeaning.
