I would argue that the common law was the greatest invention of the Western World and provided a standard of justice that caused people to flock to it (British common law is the basis for legal systems in much of the world today, including Africa and India. Much of the rigor of Apartheid in South Africa was mitigated by the judicial sue of common law principles).
But we have largely abandoned it. One of the great enemies of the common law was Scalia, a fact that a lot of conservatives have never come to grips with.
Now the element of predictability is that the law will be interpreted to the benefit of the ascent in power of leftists. It is the power of the collective over the rights of the individual, be it liberty or property.
sue = use
Please explain more about Scalia and common law.