Part of the problem in the USA is that our Congress enacts laws like a machine-gun: rapidly, hastily, in large numbers and rarely with any pause for true reflection. To call our laws "crafted" would be an insult to artisans everywhere.
The Napoleonic notion of "finely crafted" laws applied without judicial discretion sounds appealing in some ways: remove the "human element" as much as possible to avoid error... but I think it lacks not only flexibility but the allowance for how circumstances play into a given judgement. Not every criminal deserves the same penalty, in every case. I think Napoleonic law would be most cumbersome to pass as legislation, and to use in jurisprudence.
However, I would like to see our lawmakers bound by some kind of rule that requires them to at least READ the damn law before they pass it!!!