As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in opposition to this wisdom or passion, a memory of received values.
作为一种实际行动的工具，法律对其所处时代的智慧作出反应，虽然这种智慧可能是错误的，但它有时与这种智慧或激情背道而驰，将所接受的价值观发扬光大。
标签
Action
Practical
Passion
Time