>procedures far more protracted than necessary because parties cannot rely on written statements of law as reliable guides I would say it's a problem with laws

>procedures far more protracted than necessary because parties cannot rely on written statements of law as reliable guides I would say it's a problem with laws, not the system itself. Also the continental system does not imply that precedents do not have any force. The difference is that when a law changes the system accumulates new precedents for it instead of using outdated ones.