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How does this incorporate case law?

• Y_Y 10mo ago
  That's not so important in Napoleonic/Civil jurisdictions like France. Judges can consider prior rulings, but the law as-written is the main thing.
  • 6gvONxR4sf7o 10mo ago
    How's that account for language drift over centuries?
    • Y_Y 10mo ago
      Napoleon's only been gone for about two hundred years, whereas Common Law has some real classics. For example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Merton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Merton was a set of laws promulgated in 1235, some of which remained in force (at least nominally) until the 1980s. I don't know much about Canon Law, but that surely goes back even further. All that to say, you can just do your best to understand the law in the the context in which it was written, and replace the text every now and again.