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This may be a bit of a stupid question, but please bear with me as I'm something of a novice when it comes to American history.

Why wasn't a civil code adopted in the United States in the years following the revolution? Considering the legal developments in contemporary Europe at the time and the influence of the Enlightenment on the framers of the American Constitution, it seems natural that the extant English common law system would be discarded in favour of something more in line with lumière rationality.

What would be the consequences of a Federal Civil Code and what effects might it have on the history of the United States?
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