> he legislative branch is not interested in making reasonable laws, and/or creating capable regulating bodies like most other modern countries
That’s the point of a common-law system. Not that I’m defending Congress and how little they get done—I’m not, they’re terrible right now—but we don’t have case law because Congress is terrible. We have case law because that’s how our legal system is meant to work. The legislation lays out the theory, and the details get worked out by judges after theory meets practice. It’s not somehow inferior to civil law, just different.
Common law doesn’t require lawsuits to cover issues like this.
It’s hard to sue a company when they follow quantitative guidelines. However terms like ‘due caution’ punt issues to the courts who then come up with a meaningful standard.
That’s the point of a common-law system. Not that I’m defending Congress and how little they get done—I’m not, they’re terrible right now—but we don’t have case law because Congress is terrible. We have case law because that’s how our legal system is meant to work. The legislation lays out the theory, and the details get worked out by judges after theory meets practice. It’s not somehow inferior to civil law, just different.