法律“代码化”理论的形成逻辑与运行机理

The formation logic and of the theory of legal "codification" operating mechanism

在信息技术时代,以计算机软硬件代码为基本的运行逻辑单元,以及在信息空间中能够对网络技术和行为形成有效规范作用的形式是代码。近年来,随着信息技术对法学研究的影响不断深化,有学者提出基于传统意义上行为调整规范的法律条文,必须通过代码的转换才能在信息空间中有效发挥作用,从而形成了法律“代码化”思想。这种区别于传统法学研究和思维的“技术化”路径,对于法哲学研究而言不亚于一场影响学科发展方向的思维革命。可是,如果从代码法律化的视角看待信息空间法学研究,将必然面对如何妥善处理好高度抽象的数字化运行模式与高度具体化的现实行为模式之间的矛盾。这不仅关系到互联网时代信息化、数字化所带来的技术规则与法律规范相融合的路径,更关系到这种不同规则之间在信息空间行为特殊治理方式问题。

In the era of information technology, the running logic unit based on computer software and hardware code and the form that can effectively standardize network technology and behavior in information space are code. In recent years,with the deepening impact of information technology on legal research, some scholars have proposed that the legal provisions based on the norms of behavior adjustment in the traditional sense must play an effective role in the information space through code conversion, thus forming the idea of legal"coding". This "technicalization" path, which is different from traditional legal research and thinking, is no less than a thinking revolution affecting the development direction of the discipline for the study of legal philosophy. However, if we look at the research of information space law from the perspective of code legalization, we will inevitably face how to properly deal with the contradiction between the highly abstract digital operation mode and the highly specific practical behavior mode. This is not only related to the path of the integration of technical rules and legal norms brought by informatization and digitization in the Internet era, but also related to the special governance of different rules in the information space.