One of the several reasons that common law codes are not the same as civil law codes is that common law codes do not abolish all prior law for that topic. Which of the following is the textbook’s way to describe this difference?

a. Codes under common law are not revolutionary
b. Codes under common law replace, rather than extend, prior law
c. Codes under civil law are not revolutionary
d. Codes under civil law extend, rather than replace, prior law


a. Codes under common law are not revolutionary

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