That's a bit off... Common law has a slightly bigger emphasis on precedents. Mostly because precedents can expand laws and establish conventions as laws. In civ

That's a bit off... Common law has a slightly bigger emphasis on precedents. Mostly because precedents can expand laws and establish conventions as laws. In civil legal system, precedents are clarifying and very specific. Common legal system is simpler at local levels(because it doesn't have to consult a central authority), and along with British empire - it is widely applied.