"The distinctive feature of common law is that it represents the law of the courts as expressed in judicial decisions. The grounds for deciding cases are found in precedents provided by past decisions, as contrasted to the civil law system, which is based on statutes and prescribed texts."
Answer: Laws, whether prehistoric or modern, have always been rules used to govern people’s behavior. This has never changed. However, prehistoric laws had a different form of transmission than modern laws. Prehistoric laws were not written down, often for no other reason than there was no writing system with which to record the laws. Therefore, prehistoric laws were passed down through oral transmission. Because of this these laws could easily be changed and be used by corrupt leaders. Current laws are recorded in writing so that they may be referenced by the people that have to follow them. These allows for limitation on laws and law makers. I hope this helped!!
