The Numbering of Codes and its Implications. In former times figures added a symbolic, magical dimension to written law. Nowadays, concern over rationalisation dictates the way in which texts are numbered. While this issue is not confined simply to the drafting of codes, it is, nevertheless, most developed in the process of codification. As far as its form is concerned, numbering is particularly influenced by history and by models taken from abroad. Its primary objective remains to facilitate the reading of the codified articles, without losing sight of the interest of users, without which codification would lose all sense.

Organisé par Lucie Dupin, Doctorante en droit, Sciences Po Paris, licenciée en philosophie, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3