Question

Hello and blessings, Rabbi.
As I understand it, in your lectures and books you explain that the world of Jewish law is not a collection of action-guidelines, but rather “bridge principles” that must be applied, and that the application can differ, even be opposite, in different generations and places. If so, why is the entire world of halakhic ruling formulated in terms of cases (an ox that gores, plaintiff and defendant, and so on)? It would seem more appropriate to have a “Shulchan Arukh of bridge principles,” containing a list of the principles that are to be applied.
Thank you in advancea0