odes were developed from it, a famous code was the French Code Napolon of 1804 . European countries, notably England and France, colonized various countries and embedded either the common or civil laws to the colonized country. There are various differences in the two systems of law. The major difference is that civil law is based on codes that are not changed with the times while common law is adjusted as the society evolves . As the times call for changes in the legal system, common law is the most flexible in bringing about these changes because the judges in common law are not bound by the codes that are the foundations of civil law. There are benefits and disadvantages of each type of law, as there are with every decision that a society makes. The concern is how is the nature of the society that uses each type of law illustrated by the fact that they use either system? For the common law system, the society that uses it is more dynamic than the society that uses the civil system that is they are more accommodating to change . Societies that employ the common law system are societies that understand the importance of experience and presence. Experience in that the past is a key learning tool in understanding the present. The common law courts use decisions that have been made in the past as a guiding factor to what decision should be made in the present, but at the same time they are not bound by the decisions that were made in the past. The importance of presence is apparent since the circumstances of each case would be different from the next and any straightforward rule or regulation may not be fitting to the situation. The common law system puts it at the discretion of the judge as to what should happen with regards to the case at hand. By recognizing these two needs, experience and presence, the society shows that it has more of an understanding nature.In the civil law system, there are few cross-examinations of the witnesses a...
