It started in the 1840’s in Italy with a Jesuit priest named Luigi Taparelli.
In the US, it began in the early 20th century with progressive lawyers, Louis Brandeis and Roscoe Pound.
“In the US, it began in the early 20th century with progressive lawyers, Louis Brandeis and Roscoe Pound.”
Actually it may have started about 1890 with John Dewey.