Can anyone here explain to me the appeal and support for common

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Can anyone here explain to me the appeal and support for common law versus civil law? Civil law prioritizes its law on statutes and codified legislation. This means standardization, universal understanding, and clear written reference. However, Common Law relies on decision law: courts interpreting and deciding what the law is. While a decentralized effort in interpreting law can be beneficial for sounder decision making, isn't the idea of decentralized law creation kind of unruly? You have one court deciding that the owner of a bull that gorges a sheep isn't liable while another one decides that the owner is. Nobody can agree what the damn rule is and you're left at the mercy of the judge you're given.

Just give me the cliffnotes version of the Civil vs Common Law debate.