PÜTTNER, Günter

La codificatin en Allemagne, instrument de constructin de l'État - du reich ŕ l'État fédéral - Paris : IIAP, avril/juin 1997

In Germany, a distinction is made between simple codification, which corresponds to the production or written law, and large-scale codification which concerns the drafting and adopting of codes. If, historically, codification was instrumental in reconstruction of a central German State, the contemporary interest in codification lies in the desire to make law more uniform. Yet codification in Germany remains influenced by two key characteristics: the specificity of governmental structures and federalism