TOXÉ, Philippe <br/><br/>
La codification en droit canonique 

 - Paris :  IIAP,  avril/juin 1997 
<br/><br/> The Latin Catholic church codified its laws twice, in 1917 and 1983. The first code was both a response to the need to establish order amongst what was an abundance of legislation, and a reflection of ideological motives. Yet, despite the undeniable qualities of the work which was undertaken, the codified legal norms soon revealed themselves to be incapable of adapting of changes brought about by modernisation. It was in the light of these various objections that the drafting of a effective while reconciling legal certainty and responsiveness to change